Name: A Day in a Yellow Beat
Brand: Yellow Days

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19439777702

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Limited edition

Release date

2020-09-25

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RTUK

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Sales:8.875

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194397777024

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Yellow Days

Genre US

Rock-Pop

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George van de Broek, better known as Yellow Days, is a singer/songwriter/producer from Haslemere, England. With his soulful voice and unique blend of genres including indie rock, jazz, and R&B, Yellow Days has captivated audiences worldwide. Inspired by artists such as Cosmo Pyke and Mild High Club, he creates music that is both introspective and relatable. His songs explore themes of love, self-discovery, and the complexities of modern life.
Yellow Days' music has gained a dedicated following due to its honest lyrics and infectious melodies. His debut album "Is Everything Okay in Your World?" received critical acclaim for its raw emotion and musicality. He continues to push boundaries with his latest releases like "A Day in a Yellow Beat," showcasing his growth as an artist.
With similarities to other talented performers like Gus Dapperton and HOMESHAKE, Yellow Days brings a fresh perspective to the music scene. Whether you're looking for smooth tunes to relax to or thought-provoking lyrics that resonate with your own experiences, *Yellow Days* is an artist worth exploring.

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A Day in a Yellow Beat is Yellow Days’ sophomore record and his first for Columbia. George is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and self-medicated auteur who has never quite fitted into one style or space. His sound continues to warp funky, while his words dig deeper into modern malaise and mental health. It is, as he says, "Upbeat existential millennial crisis music." On his current musical direction, George explains "I'm trying to brand my own version of ironic dance music full of depressing truths about feeling distant from your friends, or a sense that nothing is worth anything," In particular he's been diving into the '70s: fusion-era works of Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones, the funkier phases of Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield, and the keyboard wizardry of Don Blackman and Weldon Irvine. He's been staying up until 5 a.m. watching Soul Train on YouTube, and testing his falsetto.

A Day in a Yellow Beat is a real-time culmination of ideas, however wild they may be. Having previously released music produced out of his garden shed in surrey, Yellow Days has spent a lot of time writing and recording this current wave of music in LA with a whole host of incredible artists and musicians – many of whom have / still play for the likes of Raphael Saadiq, Frank Ocean, Weldon Irvine, Kanye West. In doing so, George has taken it back to a more traditional way of making music – from hand-picking the collaborators, selecting the perfect studio setting to recording everything on analogue, vintage gear; all of which has vastly enhanced the sound Yellow Days is now capable of creating. By overseeing the production process, George is more in charge of his own fuzzed-out, technicolor vision than ever. "This is really my first record where I can let it fucking all out," he says. Yellow Days remains at its heart, a project about youth. His career trajectory, which began at a very young age, has been a musical outlet for his teenage years and the complexities of transitioning into adulthood.

A Day in a Yellow Beat is the culmination of this process to date; a coming of age moment as he commits a wealth of emotions into a vision that projects well beyond his garden shed and onto the global stage. Ever-evolving creatively, George is always thinking of the next steps and where his journey will go, ‘When I become a bit older, maybe I'm not Yellow Days anymore' At which point, he'll most likely find himself leading the house band in a quantum disco at the edge of the universe. But until then, A Day in A Yellow Beat is coming, so settle in for the ride.

A Day in a Yellow Beat

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