Ghost1 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 (edited) Young Jesus S/T $21.99 This is a pre-order item. All items ordered alongside a physical pre-order will ship together to arrive on and before the release date, February 23rd, 2018. Full album download available upon pre-order. Saddle Creek Store Exclusive : Tri-colored vinyl limited to 150 copies. PACKAGING NOTES Vinyl pressed at GZ Includes download card "I am a stranger in a strangely intimate embrace" Young Jesus, an indie rock quartet from Los Angeles, looks to communicate the tensions between proximity and distance, chaos and order. On their upcoming record S/T, to be released by Saddle Creek, the band focuses on seemingly small moments in everyday life: phone calls with Mom, landscapes along the highway, crows in a tree. Yet with time these strange intimacies add up to a life. A life full of anxiety, confusion, sadness, joy, boredom, and ultimately wonder. Young Jesus mixes the emotional intensity of bands like Slint, Pile, and Built To Spill with the quiet contemplation of Yo La Tengo, Mogwai, and Laughing Stock-era Talk Talk. They give themselves to moments of aggression and volume, balanced alongside near-silence. Influenced by the writings of Donna Haraway, Timothy Morton, Wang An-Shih, Wang Wei, Joy Williams, and Marilynne Robinson, singer/songwriter John Rossiter hopes for a making-do with what we have, a sometimes wide-eyed learning process. Life may be too massive to grasp, but that does not mean we should shy away from it. Rather, Young Jesus tries to look toward the complexity and imperfection. "As ever, the questions Rossiter and co. raise are too big to expect any sort of clear answer, but Young Jesus offer a model of coping, a way to remain hopeful and human within their jaws" (Various Small Flames). Rossiter states, "the ethos is to push each other to express things that are not common-- like ideas of love and trust within friendships-- through being extremely vulnerable and making mistakes. Hopefully those mistakes become framed as an important and necessary part of process. It's about communication between four people. Hopefully it is the sound of four very good friends who want to let other people into that space." These may be small things, but observed with thought and care they come to make the world of Young Jesus. Digital Release Date: November 14th, 2017 Physical Release Date: February 23rd, 2018 TRACK LIST 1. Green 2. River 3. Eddy 4. Under 5. Desert 6. Feeling 7. Storm Edited November 14, 2017 by Ghost1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_James_Champ Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I actually really enjoy this band. I have Grow/Decompose on vinyl. I'm really happy to see they might get some real spotlight time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Jones Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 This album is great. I'm surprised these are still up in the store. Picked one up. If you haven't listened, I highly recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyEnemy Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Very great band, and solid fucking record. Finally got to see them live a few weeks ago, and they rule live too. I'm surprised as well, but glad, because I still haven't picked it up yet. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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