Go Behind-the-Scenes of Yeasayer's Collaboration with David Altmejd
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GO BEHIND THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES AND WATCH DAVID ALTMEJD’S ARTWORK COME TO LIFE
NEW ALBUM - AMEN & GOODBYE - OUT NOW
PRAISE FOR AMEN & GOODBYE:
**** The Guardian **** NME
“say hello to Yeasayer's best work to date” 8.5/10 - The Line Of Best Fit
“ushering you toward a new level of consciousness” - The Verge
“If there ever existed such a thing as a modern art album, Amen & Goodbye would undoubtedly be it” - Grimy GoodsToday Yeasayer shares a behind-the-scenes documentary, filmed during the creation of the cover art for their fourth studio album, Amen & Goodbye, available now through Mute. The gatefold album artwork, featuring a tableau of sculptures, actors and digital images, was created by the renowned artist David Altmejd – who narrated the behind the scenes documentary. Moloch, an ancient god of child sacrifice, a silent movie starlet, a breastfeeding mother, characters from the band’s songs past and present, and various other pop-culture and religious characters all take the stage for the cover art. "It's Sgt Pepper meets Hieronymous Bosch meets Dali meets PeeWee's Playhouse” say Yeasayer.
Altmejd, whose work is a major influence on the band, said the following about their collaboration: “I decided to offer them a sort of landscape filled with as many details as possible. I thought about a series of objects that would be inspired by characters that came from Yeasayer’s albums... but also characters that come from the news. There’s really fake looking sculptures, there’s printouts representing cartoony characters, there’s naked people… For me what’s very important is that the image offers enough visually for people to be really absorbed in the observation of details.”
WATCH IT HERE
Amen & Goodbye is the follow-up to 2012’s ‘Fragrant World’. Moving away from a digital-heavy approach, Yeasayer recorded Amen & Goodbye to tape at Outlier Inn Studio in upstate New York, then brought on boardJoey Waronker (drummer - Atoms For Peace / Beck) to deconstruct everything in order to make the final document.
The finished album has, as a loose concept, an underlying narrative informed by religion and transcendence, the afterlife and the search for meaning, and the songs stream together like a collection of strange fables from the Bible of some universe that does not yet exist. Amen & Goodbye features Yeasayer’s trademark sound without sounding like anything the band has done before.
Watch the video for “I Am Chemistry” here , and listen to the single, “Silly Me” here .
Listen to “Gerson’s Whistle”, featuring guest vocals from the legendary folk singer Suzzy Roche of The Roches, here .
Photo credit: Eliot Lee HazelYeasayer are touring North America (with Young Magic as support), UK and Europe this May and June, including a headline set at Irving Plaza in NYC and special performances at Lollapalooza and Sasquatch. Full dates below:
11 May: USA: Kingston, NY: BSP Kingston
12 May: USA: Portland, ME: Port City Music Hall
13 May: USA: Boston, MA: Paradise Rock Club
14 May: USA: New York, NY: Irving Plaza
16 May: USA: Washington, DC: 9:30 Club
17 May: USA: Philadelphia, PA: Union Transfer
19 May: USA: Asheville, NC: The Orange Peel
20 – 22 May: USA: Atlanta, GA: Shaky Beats Music Festival
21 May: USA: Nashville, TN: Exit/In
22 May: USA: Detroit, MI: The Majestic Theatre
23 May: USA: Chicago, IL: Lincoln Hall
24 May: USA: Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue
27 May: USA: George, WA: Sasquatch Music Festival
28 May: Canada: Vancouver, BC: Imperial Vancouver
29 May: USA: Portland, OR: Wonder Ballroom
31 May: USA: San Francisco, CA: The Fillmore Auditorium
1 June: USA: Los Angeles, CA: The Fonda Theatre
2 June: USA: San Diego, CA: The Observatory North
3 June: USA: Santa Ana, CA: The Observatory
5 June: USA: Dallas, TX: Bulladora Music Festival
10 June: UK: London: Oslo – SOLD OUT
11 June: UK: London: Field Day Festival in Victoria Park, Main Stage
12 June: Belgium: Gent: Handelsbeurs Concertzaal
14 June: Norway: Oslo: Parkteatret
15 June: Norway: Bergen: Bergenfest
17 – 19 June: Denmark: Aarhus: Northside Festival
17 – 19 June: Netherlands: Beekse Bergen, Best Kept Secret Festival
20 June: Switzerland: Lausanne: Les Docks
21 June: Italy: Marina Di Ravenna: Hana Bi
20 – 22 June: Croatia: Zagreb: Inmusic Festival
24 June: Germany: Scheessel: Hurricane
25 June: Germany: Neuhausen: Southside
15 July: USA: North Lake Tahoe, CA: Wanderlust Festival
28 July: USA: Chicago, IL: Lollapalooza Festival
NEW ALBUM - AMEN & GOODBYE - OUT NOW
PRAISE FOR AMEN & GOODBYE:
**** The Guardian **** NME
“say hello to Yeasayer's best work to date” 8.5/10 - The Line Of Best Fit
“ushering you toward a new level of consciousness” - The Verge
“If there ever existed such a thing as a modern art album, Amen & Goodbye would undoubtedly be it” - Grimy GoodsToday Yeasayer shares a behind-the-scenes documentary, filmed during the creation of the cover art for their fourth studio album, Amen & Goodbye, available now through Mute. The gatefold album artwork, featuring a tableau of sculptures, actors and digital images, was created by the renowned artist David Altmejd – who narrated the behind the scenes documentary. Moloch, an ancient god of child sacrifice, a silent movie starlet, a breastfeeding mother, characters from the band’s songs past and present, and various other pop-culture and religious characters all take the stage for the cover art. "It's Sgt Pepper meets Hieronymous Bosch meets Dali meets PeeWee's Playhouse” say Yeasayer.
Altmejd, whose work is a major influence on the band, said the following about their collaboration: “I decided to offer them a sort of landscape filled with as many details as possible. I thought about a series of objects that would be inspired by characters that came from Yeasayer’s albums... but also characters that come from the news. There’s really fake looking sculptures, there’s printouts representing cartoony characters, there’s naked people… For me what’s very important is that the image offers enough visually for people to be really absorbed in the observation of details.”
WATCH IT HERE
Amen & Goodbye is the follow-up to 2012’s ‘Fragrant World’. Moving away from a digital-heavy approach, Yeasayer recorded Amen & Goodbye to tape at Outlier Inn Studio in upstate New York, then brought on boardJoey Waronker (drummer - Atoms For Peace / Beck) to deconstruct everything in order to make the final document.
The finished album has, as a loose concept, an underlying narrative informed by religion and transcendence, the afterlife and the search for meaning, and the songs stream together like a collection of strange fables from the Bible of some universe that does not yet exist. Amen & Goodbye features Yeasayer’s trademark sound without sounding like anything the band has done before.
Watch the video for “I Am Chemistry” here , and listen to the single, “Silly Me” here .
Listen to “Gerson’s Whistle”, featuring guest vocals from the legendary folk singer Suzzy Roche of The Roches, here .
Photo credit: Eliot Lee HazelYeasayer are touring North America (with Young Magic as support), UK and Europe this May and June, including a headline set at Irving Plaza in NYC and special performances at Lollapalooza and Sasquatch. Full dates below:11 May: USA: Kingston, NY: BSP Kingston
12 May: USA: Portland, ME: Port City Music Hall
13 May: USA: Boston, MA: Paradise Rock Club
14 May: USA: New York, NY: Irving Plaza
16 May: USA: Washington, DC: 9:30 Club
17 May: USA: Philadelphia, PA: Union Transfer
19 May: USA: Asheville, NC: The Orange Peel
20 – 22 May: USA: Atlanta, GA: Shaky Beats Music Festival
21 May: USA: Nashville, TN: Exit/In
22 May: USA: Detroit, MI: The Majestic Theatre
23 May: USA: Chicago, IL: Lincoln Hall
24 May: USA: Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue
27 May: USA: George, WA: Sasquatch Music Festival
28 May: Canada: Vancouver, BC: Imperial Vancouver
29 May: USA: Portland, OR: Wonder Ballroom
31 May: USA: San Francisco, CA: The Fillmore Auditorium
1 June: USA: Los Angeles, CA: The Fonda Theatre
2 June: USA: San Diego, CA: The Observatory North
3 June: USA: Santa Ana, CA: The Observatory
5 June: USA: Dallas, TX: Bulladora Music Festival
10 June: UK: London: Oslo – SOLD OUT
11 June: UK: London: Field Day Festival in Victoria Park, Main Stage
12 June: Belgium: Gent: Handelsbeurs Concertzaal
14 June: Norway: Oslo: Parkteatret
15 June: Norway: Bergen: Bergenfest
17 – 19 June: Denmark: Aarhus: Northside Festival
17 – 19 June: Netherlands: Beekse Bergen, Best Kept Secret Festival
20 June: Switzerland: Lausanne: Les Docks
21 June: Italy: Marina Di Ravenna: Hana Bi
20 – 22 June: Croatia: Zagreb: Inmusic Festival
24 June: Germany: Scheessel: Hurricane
25 June: Germany: Neuhausen: Southside
15 July: USA: North Lake Tahoe, CA: Wanderlust Festival
28 July: USA: Chicago, IL: Lollapalooza Festival
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