Yeasayer

After stumbling onto a set of Yeasayer demos that they instantly knew would wake the sleeping ears of music fans, We Are Free Records formed specifically to release the band's debut album. The group's recording process - spanning two states, four buildings, and 11 months - was kept under lock and key to preserve the impact of the release. The outcome, Yeasayer's All Hour Cymbals is a completely mystifying and magical journey. Pulling from every spectrum and mashing, then re-mashing, Yeasayer have bent genres until they've become unrecognizable. Each member of the group is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and chanter, two of them previously forming half of a barbershop quartet before breaking away and adding percussion to their act. Live, the four bring out the boogie, radiating heat waves and rhythms. Songs once laid to tape are constantly restructured and reworked, show-to-show for a new experience each time.