On November 1, 2019 – The Los Angeles based rock band Yard Of Blondes will release You and I and I, the new single from their forthcoming debut full length album, Feed The Moon. You know I can’t resist the sound of fuzzy guitars, melodic tones and cool harmonies. After all – I was a grunge kid. This song has all of that and more going for it.
The song was produced By Billy Grazaidei (Biohazard) at Firewater Studios. It was mixed up by Mike Patterson (NIN, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beck) and mastered by Maor Applebaum (Faith No More, Rob Halford, Yes). There’s a lot of talent associated with this record and not only by the band itself, as you can see.
How does that translate? They’ve created a good recipe and have a song that moves in the right spots and grooves in the others. Two groups came to mind when I was first previewing: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Smashing Pumpkins. BRMC because of its inherent darkness and tone of singer Vincent Jacobs vocal and Pumpkins for its guitar shredding, Big Muff, Billy Corgan-esque sound – laid down by Jacobs and guitarist, Burak Yerebakan . Bassist and back-up vocalist Fanny Hill gave me the Sierra Swan chills – as Swan is one of my all timers. Finally, drummer Forrest Mitchell provides the well placed toms in the verses and the energy on the brass in the choruses. One other note – love the way the drums are mixed on the entire track. Pay attention. This is how drums should sound, in my humble opinion. That snare is for days.
So on November 1st go give this one a watch or listen. I quite enjoyed the video also and dug the Santa Monica visuals.
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-Tommy Marz
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