Aug 12 2006
Yossarian
It seems that Cardiff of all places is the happening place for new music right now. Following on from the awesomeness of Los Campesinos! (who I’ll be seeing next month, yay!), I now present Yossarian for your listening pleasure. Yossarian are “four boys, some songs and some hopes”, which is a rather nice description for a band. As for their sound, you’ll find elements of Pavement and Interpol in here musically, and vocally, singer David Smith sounds remarkably like Alan Donahue of The Rakes.
Below you’ll find two songs from their new demo CD, which is far better than you’d expect from the word demo. Rather than sounding rough around the edges, this is a band that is confident in it’s sound, each song more developed than those of a lot of major label bands. ‘Invincible’ is one of the best songs I’ve heard in a long time, a wonderful stream of consciousness ramble of spending a saturday lounging around the house. It’s so gleefully mundane (”Fancy a cup of tea? / Fuck, we’ve got no milk / Ben, d’you fancy going down the shop?”) that it’s pretty impossible not to relate to it.
MP3 Yossarian - Invincible (expired)
MP3 Yossarian - Indie Disco (expired)
You can download the other two songs from their current CD on their Myspace, and best of all, if you send them your address, they will happily send you a copy on CD! You can’t really say fairer than that.
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hey. i checked out yossarian and thought they sounded good. they sent me a nice cd and letter too. hurrah. thanks for the tip. great band.