New York, NY (Top40 Charts) London math/emo/shoegaze quartet The Yacht Club are pleased to be streaming 'Glue' this morning—another new single from their forthcoming debut album, The Last Words That You Said To Me Have Kept Me Here And Safe, which is set for release on 25th January 2019 via Beth Shalom Records.
Stream and share here: https://bethshalomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/glue
Whilst the rest of TYC's debut album deals with grieving, loss and closure, 'Glue' is a song about finding some goodness in the chaos of life. It's also one of the band's more experimental and collaborative songwriting efforts, that hints at wider influences and richer musical horizons on newer material.
"It's about two people who have been through hell and back finding something new and beautiful in each other, even if it's a little scary and intimidating," says frontman Marcus Gooda. "I think emo—or math rock, or whatever genre you want to call us—has very few positive love songs, and this is exactly that: a love song."
"Whilst this is only one of two songs on the album that doesn't have any guitar tapping in it, it's also one of the more musically dense. There are three guitar parts, Rhodes piano and two drum kits. We had an absolute blast tracking all the extra instruments and vocals. Starting life off as a demo of just my vocals and piano, it's a real testament to how we've evolved and now create as a band. This is a real team effort."
The Yacht Club will play a special album launch show planned for 26th January 2019 at The Sebright Arms in London, with further live dates TBA.
The Yacht Club 2019 Live Dates:
26.01.19 - London - Sebright Arms, London (Album launch)
The Yacht Club are:
Marcus Gooda - Guitar, Vocals
Jack Holland - Guitar, Vocals
Alex Bramwell - Bass, Backing Vocals
Alexander Esp - Drums, Keyboard, Piano, Backing Vocals
The Yacht Club online:
https://www.facebook.com/TheYachtClubUk/
https://theyachtclub.bandcamp.com/
The Yacht Club is a band born out of a desire for creative freedom. They sing songs about mental health, coping, and trying to help others find a light in the dark, taking influences from the likes of TTNG, Pennines and American Football.
Starting life as a solo endeavour by Marcus Gooda as a means to write songs purely for himself, rather than being constrained by other voices, the result was the self-released EP A. After a tumultuous patch of turning down tours and selling out of physical copies and merchandise, 2015 saw The Yacht Club finally wake from dormancy to release their math-rock inspired self-titled EP in the same year, followed by 2016's folk-lead EP, Fall.
An intense period of personal upheaval for front man Marcus Gooda and the band followed, as he struggled to cope with the suicide of a close friend, and the resulting mental health problems that affected both him and his wider circle.
After time to grieve and reflect on their experiences, The Yacht Club are back and stronger than ever, with their debut album The Last Words That You Said To Me Have Kept Me Here and Safe arriving in January 2019, largely informed by their personal experiences of recovering from the grief and fallout of suicide, and packed full of pathos and emotion.
The album was recorded and produced by
Thomas Hill at Holy Mountain Studios and Resident Studios, with mixing, mastering and additional production by Bob
Cooper at Crooked Rain Studios. Marcus' guitar was recorded and produced by
Thomas Joy.
