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Yukon Blonde – You Were Mine
Yukon Blonde – You Were Mine
Canadian indie rock outfit Yukon Blonde are about to release their fifth studio album. Vindicator will be out on 13 November. You Were Mine is the latest single to be put out ahead of it.
A song with two faces, it starts with a driving drum beat and lyrics that bring Wide Open Space by Mansun to mind (which is never a bad thing). After a minute however, the tempo is halved and psychedelic elements are brought in. The last two minutes, the band put the pedal to the metal again. Quickly revolving piano notes and hi-hats create the impression of even more speed (in more ways than one).
Although it’s way less eclectic than Tame Impala’s Let It Happen, I hear the same kind of atmosphere in it.
Recommended as well:
Yukon Blonde – Too Close To Love
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Wildcard (week 22):
Wildcard (week 22):
Yukon Blonde – Too Close To Love
Yukon Blonde hasn’t been Yukon Blonde all the time. In 2005, they started as Alphababy. After two EP under that moniker, they changed their name to Yukon Blonde in 2009. The band is Canadian five-piece, who specialize in jangly indie pop/rock. However, their latest four singles, all of which will probably be featured on their next album Critical Hit (due for 22 June), have a more poppy sound. The reason is clear: the album was produced by Tony Hoffer (who worked with Air, Beck, The Kooks and zillions more).
Opening with pulsating synths, Yukon Blonde’s latest single Too Close To Love ticks all the right boxes, as far as I’m concerned. It even echoes Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, which can’t be wrong. The song, inspired by Milan Kundera’s ‘The Unbearable Lightness Of Being’, is this week’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcard. This means the song has the most prominent place on this blog for a full seven days. That should give you more than enough time to fall in love with it, like I did.
You can find all Wildcards of the year so far in this playlist.
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 26)
Not all, but only the best new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- The Aces – You Got Me
indie | pop - Rye Catchers (feat. Drew Tyler) – Prisoner indie | pop | rock
- Disco Mary – Proof
indie | pop | rock - Efecto Pasillo & Maruja Limón – Qué Será De Mí
pop | latin - Emmit Fenn feat. Elle Eyre – You Got Me dance | drum & bass | indie | pop
- Franz Ferdinand feat. Johnny Marr – Build It Up indie | pop | rock
- Flo Gallop – Famous indie | pop | rock
- Lockyer Boys – Uh Huh! indie | pop | rock
- Seafret & KT Tunstall – Five More Seconds indie | pop | rock
- Vistas – Next Year indie | rock
- The Wild Things – Knock Down, Drag Out indie | rock
- Yukon Blonde – Adore You
indie | pop | rock
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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Additions to the Carte Blanche Music playlist (week 27)
Not all, but only the *best* new music. Added to the playlist this week (alphabetically):
- Altered By Mom – Gwendolyn indie | pop | rock
- Another Sky – A Feeling rock
- Art Department – Mexico
indie | pop | rock - Barry Can’t Swim – Dance Of The Crab dance | indie | pop | tropical
- The Criticals – Belmont indie | pop | rock
- Andrea Grau – Otro Verano Sin Verte indie | pop
- Fletcher Gull – Light Up folk | indie | pop
- Austyn Jane – Over Her indie | pop | rock
- Luna Blue – Crash My Car indie | pop | rock
- morgxn – Young And In Love indie | pop
- Alice Pisano – Part-Time Girlfriend
indie | pop - Ryal – Every Body Talks indie | pop
- Yukon Blonde – Every Single Time You Fall In Love indie | pop
Check them all in the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music Spotify playlist.
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The Zolas – Energy Czar
Zachary Gray and Tom Dobrzanski were part of Canadian rock band Lotus Child from 2003 to 2008, before starting their own project. The Zolas are a based in Vancouver. In 2020, the band consists of Gray (vocals, guitar), Cody Hiles (drums) and Dwight Abell (bass).
Two years after the band’s fun cover of the Travelling Wilburys’ Handle With Care (with Yukon Blonde), The Zolas have a new single out. As the title suggests, Energy Czar is an energetic, driving song, made for road trip playlists. The band call it ‘a four-minute moment where you’re allowed to feel all the fun narcissism and self-loathing that comes with being a human being in the 21st century’.
Energy Czar is the first single to be shared from their forthcoming new album Come Back To Life. “We thought it was hilarious to make a Britpop record at a time when nobody but us is listening to that”, says Gray.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 24)
Monday morning, Werner’s Weekly time! Long story short: here it is, your compass to the music that matters:
- The 1975 – Give Yourself A Try (Wildcard this week)
- Yukon Blonde – Too Close To Love (Wildcard last week)
- Betty Who – All Things
- Bob Moses – Heaven Only Knows
- Calogero – 1987
- Gurr – Hot Summer
You can listen to all of these tracks via the Werner’s Weekly player in the sidebar and click on the links above for more information.
As always, this ‘best of the best’ playlist is only the tip of the iceberg. You can find much more great new music in my 2018 container playlist Carte Blanche Music, which I updated with fine fresh tracks by Dagny, Efecto Mariposa, Interpol, The Smashing Pumpkins, Suede, Sunset Sons, The Vaccines, Young Gun Silver Fox, Youngr and many more in the past week. Enjoy!
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
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Werner’s Weekly (week 23)
While I was on vacation, I continued to update my Carte Blanche Music playlist with the best new music of the year so far. The past three weeks, I added over 80 fresh tunes. The last week alone, great new songs by artists like Ash, Dave Matthews Band, James Arthur, The Kooks, Turin Brakes and Underworld feat. Iggy Pop joined this ever-growing list of musical treasures, alongside a host of lesser-known acts, that are waiting for you to be discovered.
Below, you’ll find my personal choices: Werner’s Weekly. First up are the Carte Blanche Music Wildcards of the past two weeks, followed by a selection of favourite new tunes, presented in alphabetical order. As always, Werner’s Weekly is meant to be your compass to the music that matters. Listen to all the songs via the dedicated player in the sidebar and get more information through the links below. Enjoy!
- Yukon Blonde – Too Close To Love (Wildcard this week)
- Welshly Arms – Down To The River (Wildcard last week)
- Alfa Rococo – Danser Dans L’ombre
- Carlos Vives – Hoy Tengo Tiempo (Pinta Sensual)
- Charmless I – Fire Up (Here We Go)
- Mats Wawa – Easy On The Eye
- The New Respects – Freedom
- Zazie – Speed
For more great new music follow the constantly updated Carte Blanche Music playlist.
