Yacht have a new album titled Shangri-La coming out this year. They’ve given away album track “Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire)” for free. It’s a disco themed dance that is straight up funky fun.
The band said they wrote the song after reading “post-apocalyptic science fiction”, and after listening to the song, they’re definitely telling the truth.
Here’s what YACHT had to say about the single:
“Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire) is our post-apocalyptic fight song, a cautionary tale, a science-fiction story for our particular eco-socio-political landscape. We face a crisis of Utopia. And yes, maybe we have traded our birthright as partners in the world’s living mind for the broken promises of history, and that’s led us nowhere. But as tempting as it is to give into a horror of our crumbling, radiation-leaking, bomb-launching reality, where the tracks lead is ultimately up to us.”
[mp3]: YACHT – Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire) (I posted the wrong mp3 before, but the right one is there now)
Shangri-La will be released June 21st via DFA Records. The label has started a new video series called The White Out Sessions, where the label films the test pressing of a 7″ single in their office. It’s pretty damn cool. Check that out along with the album’s tracklist & tour dates, all after the jump:
DFA White Out Sessions – Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire) by â–² YACHT â–² from DFA Records on Vimeo.
Tracklist:
Tour Dates:
04/13/11 San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
04/15/11 Indio, CA – Coachella
04/17/11 Marfa, TX – Padre’s
04/19/11 Austin, TX – Emo’s
04/20/11 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
04/22/11 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
04/23/11 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
04/24/11 Richmond, VA – The National
04/25/11 Washington, DC – Black Cat
04/26/11 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
04/27/11 New York, NY – Webster Hall
04/29/11 Providence, RI – The Met Cafe
04/30/11 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
05/01/11 Montreal, QC – Cabaret Du Mile End
05/02/11 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
05/04/11 Columbus, OH – Wexner Center
05/05/11 Chicago, IL – Metro
05/06/11 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
05/07/11 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
05/09/11 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
05/10/11 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
05/12/11 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
05/13/11 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
05/14/11 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
05/15/11 Astoria, OR – Fort George Brewery
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