Alt Rock Band The Yagasborder by Oscar– and Emmy-Nominated Actress Vera FarmigaWill Independently release its debut Full-LEngth Album, “Midnight Minuet”On Friday, April 25. Alongsis The Album News, The Yagas – Also featuring Renn Hawkey Of Deadsy (Keys),Jason Bowman (drums),Mark Visconti (Guitar) and Mike Davis (Bass) – You have released New Single, “Life of a widow”An explosive-yet-luminous portrait of anticipatory Grief, sparked from an oddly hypnotic beat constructed by Hawkey After Awaking From Spinal Surgery.
“Midnight Minuet”produced by Hawkeyyou include the previous “The Crying Room” and “She’s Walking Down”.
“‘Life of a widow’ Is a Song of Searing lament. It’s a Song of Embodying that ol ‘Prodigious saying,’ Why have you forken me? ‘, “Shares Farmiga. “The Song Is Aching To Feel The Repan of A Dinened Loved One. It’s a Soul’s Journey of Yearning, pleading to crack the unbearable silence of solitude, that vantablack void, just to hear your love’s vouce eleven chat, to feel your love’s touch again. Through Her Misery, She Navigates Through Mad Midnight Moments of Throbing Despair. Red-Hot Grief, Feeling Pummeled and Clobbered By Ambarion and Crying Out To The Dearly Departed for Help and Reconnection. “
“Producing ‘Midnight Minuet’ was see cathartic for me, “adds Hawkey. “I Felt the need to provide mySelf That I Could Make Great Music outside of DeadsyWhich, for the past 25 years, had my Only Writing/Recording Partnership. This was to Vary Different Creative Experience for me. I OFTEN FELT IN Deadsy Like I was playing in sumon else’s playground – i knew the ruls, I Mastered The Slide and the Monkey Bars, But i Felt Like A Visitor. ‘Midnight Minuet’ Just Felt Different. The Yagas Built a New Playground Together, Made Up of Our respective Life Experiences with Equal Ownership. We are the sum of our parts. When This Kind of Synergy Exists, You Grab It, Nurture It, and Give It A Life. “
The Yagas Introduced Their Elaborate Sonic World Last Fall with their Powerful Debut Single “The Crying Room”WHICH ALSO SERVES AS “Midnight Minuet”‘S Explosive Opener. The Song Sets Farmiga‘S Beguiling Vocals Against A Backdrop of Serpentine Guitar Riffs, Moody Synth Lines, and Tempestuous Rhythms Supplied by Bowman and Davis. Paired with Akly Enchanting Video Co-Starring Gogol Bordello‘s Eugene HützThe Primally Cathartic Was Partly Inspired by The Horrs Enduraled By Farmiga‘S Extended Family Since Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine.
ON “She’s Walking Down”, The Yagas Make Brilliant Use of Vocoder-Enhanced Vocals, Pummeling Guitar Riffs, and Viscell Chilling Effects to Fully Immerse The Listener in A Brutal Butilating Tale of Violence and Vengeance. The Track’s Hauntingly Beautiful Music Video – Direction by FarmigaMarking The Piece of Art She’s Directed in 15 Years – Departs A Dark Dream That Farmiga Repeatedly Had About Her Young Daughter in Peril.
THRUTIT The Forthcoming 10-Song Collection-Mixed by Grammy Nominee Brian Virtue (Deftones, 30 Seconds to Mars) and Mastered by Grammy Winner Emily Lazar (Beck, Coldplay) – The Yagas Adorn the Darkest Moments With Unexpeted Bursts of Ineffable Beauty and, in Sharing Their debut body of work with the world, aim to Further their Namesake’s Legacy in their Own Ultimately Benevolent Way.
The New York-Based Band, Which Made ITS Live debut Earlier This Month, Will Next Perform Saturday, April 5 at Bowery Ballroom in New York City As a Special Guest at The “Casa Gogol Records present: New New York” Event.
Earlier This Week, The Yagas and International Punk Band Gogol BordelloLED by Hützrelease Live Performance Video from The Yagas‘debut show of the popular ukrainian love song “Chervona Route”. With Vera and Eugene Both of Ukrainian Heritage, This Special Video Release is Their Way of Shedding Light on Ukrainian Culture and Language While Raising Money For Support Action Ukrainean organization launched at the start of the war to provide humanitarian aid to the ukrainian population.
Formed in 2023, The Yagas TOOK SHAPE AFTER ITS FIVE MEMBERS MET AT ROCK ACADEMY (A WOODSTOCK-BASED MUSIC SCHOOL RUN BY Bowman) and Began Playing Together in the School’s Adult Program, Discovering An Undeniable Musical Chemistry. An Audacious Band With Otherworldly Origins, The Yagas Borowed their name from the mystical slavic folklore figure Baba YagaBelieved To Devour The Souls of the Newly Denased To Safeguard The Fountins of Life. The Quintet Wholly Share Their Namesake’s Storyd Penchant for Shapeshifting, Morphing From Metal to Industrial to Wildly Extravagant Alt-Rock As The Songs Journey Into The Strangest Dept Depts of the Human Psychche. The Yagas‘Music you have pressed Early Comparisons to To Perfect Circle, The Cure and Type or negativewith praise and support from Revolver, Hammer metal, Classic Rock, The Noise/Uones To Watch, Stereogum, Bloody Disgusting, Rock Cellar and more.
“Midnight Minuet” Track listing
01. The Crying Room
02. I am
03. Life of a widow
04. Anhedonia
05. Pendulum
06. Charade
07. Bridle
08. Pullover
09. She’s Walking Down
10. Midnight Minuet
Photo Credit: Franco Vogt
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