Brooklyn experimental rockers Yeasayer headlined a sold out Irving Plaza on May 14 along with support from fellow Brooklyn electronic group Young Magic. Both were on tour in support of new albums, with Yeasayer releasing Amen & Goodbye on April 1 via Mute Records, and Young Magic releasing Still Life on the day before the show via Carpark Records.
Find photos from both of their sets that night posted below, along with Yeasayer’s setlist.
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Yeasayer made their live return last week at the Escape Music Festival, taking a break from the recording of their new album (#4) which we can only hope is coming out sooner than later in 2015.
It’s hard for me to admit that this was my first time seeing Yeasayer perform live, due to conflicts at school and many unfortunate circumstances. But I finally got to see the Brooklyn band, and they were every bit as magical as I expected, and then some.
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Break Line is the passion project Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder. He’s been working on the project along with Maxwell Kardon since 2009, and now the time has finally come for the album to be released.
The project looks back to rock concept albums of the early 70′s, “following the classic arc of lost love, betrayal, and pride.” The album is described with the following description:
Inspired by this golden age of musical theatre and an old folk song taught in Quaker schools in the 50s, they created their own version of a classic story of betrayal, pride and lost love.
The album includes many collaborations, from fellow Yeasayer bandmates, to members of bands such as Vampire Weekend, Man Man, Dirty Projectors, Suckers, MGMT, and Dragons Of Zynth.
Break Line The Musical is the name of the album that they’re releasing, and will be released July 15 via Secretly Canadian. You can get a taste of the album with the lovely album cut “Wedding Day” which is available to stream below.
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Yeasayer have released a video for the funky jam “Reagan’s Skeleton”. It shows them playing the song live, and shot with a vintage look that definitely fits the Reagan time period. It was directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard.
Watch it below.
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Yeasayer get old fast while they’re jamming out in the studio for their “Longevity” music video. Watch it below.
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A few weeks ago Yeasayer let fans stream their new album Fragrant World for a limited time via a scavenger hunt. Now NPR is streaming the album properly. It comes out August 21 via Secretly Canadian.
Yeasayer are doing something different than you’re typical album stream. They’ve made things more interesting doing it with an internet scavenger hunt. They have worked with Yoshi Sodeoka to create visual videos of each song from their new album Fragrant World. The videos are hidden on youtube, and required clues that the band gave on twitter.
Here was the letter they released detailing the event:
Fans have done a good job, unlocking 9/10 of the songs. Only one remains. I’ll update with the links once they are all up. Remember, the links are only good until Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
Stream the songs below.
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Yeasayer have released a video “vignette” for a new song titled “Longevity”. It’s also off their new album Fragrant World, which comes out on Secretly Canadian on August 21.
Trippy visuals go hand-in-hand with the song which offers Yeasayer’s sparse vocals over a slow burning electronic mood.
Watch the clip below and find a mp3 to download the song via the band.
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Yeasayer have announced a new batch of summer tour dates. The shows will coincide with the release of their new album, Fragrant World, which comes out August 21 via Secretly Canadian.
The band stops in NYC on September 12 to rock Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield. Tickets are on sale on Yeasayer’s website now.
Find the tour dates and the tracklist for Fragrant World posted below:
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“Henrietta” is a new song from Yeasayer. It appeared online today after the band shipped physical CD’s of the song to fans on their mailing list.
A deep electronic groove settles between ambient noises and some familiar Yeasayer vocals. I got a stream for you guys to check out below. Enjoy.
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