New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Following a live session for PBS 106.7FM Melbourne and recent support from Gilles Peterson on Worldwide FM, Melbourne-based electronic experimental quartet BIG YAWN are pleased to reveal the video for their new single 'Negative Trigger'.
Directed by
Danny Wild at Restless Studio, the frenetic mix of colourful lo-fi animation and retro found footage is the perfect visual accompaniment to their sublimely crafted, driving electronica—short but sweet, it's a perfect snapshot of their knack for groove, tone and rhythm.
The track is the latest to be taken from their debut album No! released on 6th March 2020 via Australian independent record label Research Records (Damo Suzuki Network, Mildlife, Swazi Gold).
Commenting on the single, the band said: "This is our take on the whole quiet/loud harsh/smooth thing. The track features rim shots and yells captured by room mics at 142bpm—ideal for mosh pits, compression sessions, or catwalks."
Alongside the video, the band are also pleased to announce a run of Melbourne live dates including an album launch show at The Tote on 20th March 2020, with details of an Australian national tour TBA over the coming weeks.
Primarily rooted in a live performance approach, the Melbourne quartet embrace sonic curios from far-flung corners of the globe and display them with pride. Affectations for vintage krautrock, esoteric percussion, and experiments in steady dance grooves merge with heavy low end frequencies to 'explore and exploit' those in-between spaces.
Championing a hybrid vision of cross-genre harmony, their music manages to capture the sweaty spirit of DIY basement shows as much as it works on record. Encompassing disorientating dub FX, off-kilter synth squelches and live re-sampling, their stoned meanderings mix with grinding propulsion.
No! is released 6th March 2020 via Research Records
Big Yawn Live Dates:
03/02/20 - Melbourne - Drive Live (PBS106.7fm)
06/02/20 - Melbourne - The Curtin (Wildlife VIC / CFA Fundraiser)
15/02/20 - Melbourne - Northcote Town Hall (Something Unlimited 2020)
06/03/20 - Melbourne - Northside Records (In-store)
20/03/20 - Melbourne - The Tote (Album Launch)
Big Yawn online:
https://bigyawn.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/bbiiggyyaawwnn/
https://instagram.com/yawnbig/
https://researchrecords.com.au/
More on No!:
Big Yawn's multiple facets fluctuate neatly across forthcoming debut full length No!, as the band explain of its creation: "No! is the sum of its parts—it was two years of writing, recording, jamming, mixing and playing shows. It's our own spin on the genres and styles that have parented and companioned our outside work downtime. It was many more years of just being friends and informal collaborators, sharing music and how-to's."
Acting as a gateway to their sound, subtle dub techno delays combine with live drums on opener 'Attaboi' to formally introduce their clear affectation for the motorik sounds of 70s Deutschland. Lead single 'Skin Rat' curiously references off-rhythms and vocal cut ups a la late naughties UK bass music, while abstract jams such as 'For Whomst' channel the adventurous live-and-direct sound of Golden Teacher and kindred experimentalist Inga Copeland.
Heavy low-end bass frequencies and twitches of dub FX permeate the LP, with shades of post-punk and loopy minimal wave ('Doodle Damage') contrasting with the more jagged dance orientated moments. In opting to close 'No!' with their most expansive recording to date in the form of 'Body Double', Big Yawn delve deeper into tense and ritualistic atmospheres that prior tracks only hint at.
"We worked f*cking hard on this record," say the band. "We would never want to cheapen or make dirty the listener who took valuable time out of their own lives to listen to something called Big Yawn. Let's put to rest its meaning—it doesn't really matter. What matters is the reckless abandon. Stuff that's just better boogied than articulated."
The effect seems akin to a snapshot into their lengthy freestyle practice sessions—a process honed and refined here for the LP format. Until their next outing, the relentless groove of 'Anthem X' will keep hips swaying during those sweaty early morning club hours.
