The follow-up to their 2018 debut Feels Like Air, was recorded just before the lockdown hit in spring 2020, with producer Mikko Gordon (Thom Yorke, Arcade Fire), it will on June 25th via Frenchkiss Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Eventually working with producer Mikko Gordon much later that year, the band used their experiences to infuse a new, groove-based approach with an added intensity. Yesterday Park is an album about nostalgia, that feeling of looking back, not to one specific time or place but rather the feeling associated with the hazy blur of childhood and teenage memories.
The songs cover a lot of different themes, but at their heart they all stem from formative memories. Introducing new textures, instrumentation and recording techniques allowed the band to better create that reflective feeling they were aiming for. They drew a lot of influence from the 90s, and particularly beat-driven 90s hip-hop which inspired a lot of the grooves in the album.
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to their new single "Do You Remember The Times", below.
Yesterday Park Tracklist:
01. Octopus
02. Everyone's The Same
03. Do You Remember The Times
04. Young Days
05. We Used To Talk
06. Yesterday Park
07. By Your Side
08. The Lines We Follow
09. When I Gave You My Heart
10. This Part of Town
11. My Brother
12. The Way We Love
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