Yeasayer
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| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Genres | Indie rock, experimental rock, psychedelic pop, worldbeat |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Secretly Canadian Mute Records We Are Free |
| Website | yeasayer.net last.fm |
| Members | Chris Keating Ira Wolf Tuton Anand Wilder Cale Parks |
| Past members | Luke Fasano Jason Trammel Ahmed Gallab |
Yeasayer /ˈjeɪseɪər/ is an American psychedelic pop band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2006. The band consists of Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, Anand Wilder and Cale Parks.
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History[edit]
The band's three core members, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder, first came to attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007.[1] Their first single consisted of a double A-side of the tracks "Sunrise" and "2080". Following the release of debut album All Hour Cymbals in October 2007 by We Are Free, Yeasayer described their music as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel".[2] Live performances often include psychedelic visuals.
In 2008, Yeasayer toured with MGMT and Man Man and supported Beck.[3] The same year they performed a public a cappella concert, "Take Away Show", on the Paris metro.[4] The band has also played at Lollapalooza, the Pitchfork Music Festival, the Austin City Limits Festival, Bonnaroo, Sasquatch! Music Festival, and the Reading and Leeds Festivals. In 2009, Yeasayer contributed "Tightrope" to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization. Yeasayer appeared at the Coachella Music Festival of 2010, the Dutch Pinkpop and Lowlands festival, and performed at the Australian music festival Splendour In The Grass in August where they were asked by the organisers of Laneway Festival to return and play in 2011.[5] Backed by labels Secretly Canadian and Mute Records, Yeasayer released their second studio album, Odd Blood, in February 2010, featuring more pop music influences than earlier work. In July 2010 they appeared at Latitude Festival in England at the Word Tent where they also completed a signing session.
In January 2011, The Hype Machine named Yeasayer the most blogged artist of 2010.[6]
In April 2011, Yeasayer released End Blood in participation with Record Store Day[7] which the band described as "two ideas that didn't fit on Odd Blood".
Their songs have been featured on TV shows such as 90210,[8] America's Next Top Model and The Good Wife.
Their song "Rome" was featured in the 2012 movie "Pitch Perfect".
In May 2011, the band premiered their brand new song "Devil and the Deed" on Conan O'Brien's late night talk show. During their subsequent tour of North America, the band played this song at shows along with two other new tunes, "Demon Road" and "Henrietta". All three of these songs appeared on the final track listing for the band's next album.
On August 21, 2012, Yeasayer released Fragrant World.[9] The band leaked the album version of "Henrietta" directly to their fans via mailing physical CD singles to their mailing list.[10] The rest of the album was leaked via an online scavenger hunt where the band gave fans clues as to where each song and an accompanying visual directed by Yoshi Sodeoka could be found.[11] To promote the album, Yeasayer performed single "Longevity" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon the night before the commercial release of Fragrant World.[12]
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- All Hour Cymbals (2007)
- Odd Blood (2010) #63 US, #64 UK, #66 AUS
- Fragrant World (August 20, 2012) #44 US, #82 UK #47 AUS
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Singles[edit]
- "Sunrise / 2080" (2007)
- "Wait for the Summer" (2007)
- "Ambling Alp" (2009)
- "O.N.E." (2010) #190 UK
- "Madder Red" (2010)
- "I Remember" (2011)
- "Henrietta" (2012)
- "Longevity" (2012)
- "Reagan's Skeleton" (2012)
EPs[edit]
- "End Blood" (2011) - Record Store Day release
Live Albums[edit]
- "Live at Ancienne Belgique (2010)"
Compilations[edit]
- Dark Was the Night (2009) – "Tightrope"
Other appearances[edit]
- Yeasayer part-produced Bat for Lashes' 2009 album Two Suns.[13]
- Chris Keating sang on "Audacity of Huge", the first single from Simian Mobile Disco's 2009 album Temporary Pleasure.
- Yeasayer's single "O.N.E" appeared on the soundtrack of FIFA 11.
- In 2010, the band did a remix for Florence and the Machine's hit single "Dog Days Are Over" which was released on October 12, via iTunes.
- Yeasayer's single "O.N.E." briefly appeared in Project X when the radio is playing in Thomas' van.
References[edit]
- ^ "Seven Bands from SXSW That Will Matter". MTV.com. March 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ^ Malitz, David (January 23, 2008). "Week Late Review: Yeasayer" (Web). Washington Post. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
- ^ Maher, Dave (2007-12-12). "Yeasayer Announce Big 2008 Tour". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ "Yeasayer – Yeasayer – LA BLOGOTHEQUE".
- ^ http://www.radarradio.com.au/artists/interview/did-laneway-steal-yeasayer-from-big-day-out.aspx
- ^ "Music Blog Zeitgeist, 50 Artists of 2010". January 7, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-07 " publisher = hypem.com.
- ^ "Record Store Day 2011". April 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ http://www.cwtv.com/music/90210/season-3/episode-315
- ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/fragrant-world/yeasayer
- ^ http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/listen-yeasayer-henrietta/
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/yeasayer-fragrant-world-leaks_n_1728527.html
- ^ http://bearsandbullets.blogspot.com/2012/08/yeasayer-on-fallon.html
- ^ Mitchell, Nick (May 1, 2009). "Bat For Lashes: The Path of Khan". The Skinny.
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