Yalls is on fire. The prolific and talented artist recently dropped a new EP and has been keeping quite busy while prepping his new LP which we hope to share with you later this year. It’s sometimes hard to keep track of all the awesome stuff he’s doing, but this will get you started:
- Doing a DJ set for Matthew Dear and James & Evander tomorrow (Wednesday May 22nd) at The Mezzanine in SF.
- Dropping some knowledge on PORTALS in their Silk Screens series where he describes the making of his “Remember” track.
- Remixing a new track by Churches.
You can still grab a copy of his limited edition Fantasy 7” right here on Gold Robot Records.
I love this fan video created by António Lérias for Young Hunting’s song “Sweet Bird”. The imagery is apparently copped from a notoriously bad movie called The Hands of Fate.
Young Hunting’s debut LP Hazel drops on June 11th as a limited edition 12” record. One person who pre-orders the LP will also randomly receive a copy of the test pressing as an added bonus. Pre-order here.
TV Girl and Monster Rally have teamed up to bring you “Average Guy (Blame)”. TV Girl has added vocals and a new arrangement to Monster Rally’s track “Blame” off of the Beyond the Sea LP.
The track is being released in anticipation of TV Girl and Monster Rally’s very special performances in Los Angeles (4/27 at the Bootleg) and San Diego (5/25 at Soda Bar).
Young Hunting’s Hazel 12”, slated for release in June right here on Gold Robot Records, has been receiving some great praise. Here’s a few excerpts.
“Brooding sounds with infectious melody layered in is what I keep coming back to.” - Sly Vinyl
“There’s sort of a cold English psychedelia feel to this track which contrasts to what most of us think of a ‘dream-pop’. But it does entrance, doesn’t it? It meanders like fog and rolls in waves. The track comes together with a beautifully unsettling vocal harmony before guitars crash all around us. Sand and expectations equally displaced.”
- I Guess I’m Floating
“There’s a great deal to be said for carefully crafted pop songs, especially the sort that slowly unfolds. Restraint and all that. Such is the feeling you’ll get when you listen to the first single from the upcoming album from Young Hunting. Their track builds towards the climax, which turns listeners on their ears during the chorus, also adding more musical accompaniment to the rest of the track from it’s first bright burst. Each note has a purpose, allowing the band to maximize their emotional pull.” - Austin Town Hall
“Their lush, dream pop aesthetic combined with lyrical embodiment of failed affairs creates a decadent melancholy that I tend to gravitate towards during my workweek seclusions.” - Indie Shuffle
“Winding and tightly spindled, “Baby’s First Steps” is the perfect reason to be excited for Los Angeles-based Young Hunting debut LP. The track unfurls slowly, almost furtively, with a slinking groove and a simmering beat that builds cautiously amid surgically sharp guitar stabs and a darkly plaintive rhythm. Like the more flowing and (comparatively) upbeat single “Maze” that preceded it, it’s emotive and lushly atmospheric. In other words, this is a band that knows how to set a mood.” - Turntable Kitchen
“Los Angeles quintet Young Hunting’s debut full-length album Hazel begins with gentle, lush dream pop and ends with stark, desolate gothic folk. The record, inspired mostly by failed affairs, a divorce, and life in the shadow of LA’s show-business culture, took the band two years to produce. We’ve been thoroughly seduced by these two tracks, Baby’s First Steps and Maze, which are lush, woozy and seductive. They effortlessly evoke a sense of back porch bonhomie and marijuana enhanced well being and who could ask for more than that?” - The Mad Mackerel
“(T)win visions of a Los Angeles caught somewhere between hopelessness and hope.” - 32 ft/second
The next release on Gold Robot Records will be the debut LP by LA-based Young Hunting. Hazel will drop on June 11th as a limited edition 12”, there will be only 500 copies available. You can pre-order the album now. One person will be chosen at random from the first 100 pre-orders to receive an original test pressing as an added bonus.
Los Angeles quintet Young Hunting’s debut full-length album Hazel begins with gentle, lush dream pop and ends with stark, desolate gothic folk. The record, inspired mostly by failed affairs, a divorce, and life in the shadow of LA’s show-business culture, took the band two years to produce. Primary songwriters Hari and Ilya first met in 2007, quickly bonding over a shared appreciation for Nick Cave, Jason Molina, Can, and the classic California pop of the 60s and 70s. Tracks for “Hazel” were recorded in various locations around Southern California, including a former ranger’s station in the Angeles National Forest, Grandma’s Dojo studio in LA’s Koreatown, a rented one-bedroom desert house outside of Joshua Tree, and living rooms, garages & guest houses in Echo Park.
Check out a new video for RUMTUM’s “New Lands”, off his split 7” with Catamaran, directed by Elissa Hastings. IMPOSE dropped it yesterday with the perfect description:
“New Lands” drips with the musty echoes of flowing water and stalactite droplets, but the visuals, in kaleidoscopic abundance, are of the beneficiaries of those running waters. From the bloom to the wilt, Elissa Hastings video mirrors RUMTUM’s ever-evolving production. Just as RUMTUM gives way to a new sample, she lets a tulip deteriorate. We are told that talking to our flowers will help them grow, but Hastings’ video suggests that playing it some RUMTUM is just a beneficial.
Buy the limited edition 7” on mustard yellow vinyl here.
