Goldenvoice & Spaceland Present
Mon
Nov
5
Yellow Days
Kiefer
El Rey Theatre
5515 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA, 90036
Doors 7:30 PM / Show 8:30 PM
This event is all ages

Yellow Days
“I’manoldmaninayoungman’sbody,”saysGeorgevandenBroek,betterknownasYellowDays.Anyonewhohasspentsometimesoakinginthe18-year-oldsinger/songwriter/producer’svoicemightagree.Thoughhispsychedelic,lo-fimusicpaintsavividpictureofteenagelife,itdoessousingthebrushstrokesofadeepandheartbreakingvoicethatcouldbelongtoamanmucholder.Withmournfulcadencesandragged,passionateextremes,it’savoicethatcolourseverythinghesingsaboutwithakindofwearynostalgia,imaginingthepresent,evenasithappens,asthepast.GeorgegrewupintheleafysuburbofHaslemere,inSurrey,U.K.,wherehesayshelivesa“quietlifeforan18-year-old,”takingintheincredibleviews.Hewantedtopursuemusiceversince,asachild,helearnedabouthisgrandpa’sstintasasaxophonistinajazzbandwithabriefspellofsuccessinthe1960s.Therestofhisfamilyismusical,too:hisparentswouldoftenplaypianoandblastpsychrockfromPinkFloydandLedZeppelin,andhistwobrothersexposedhimtoeverythingfromRageAgainsttheMachinetoChrisBrown.Ashehithisteens,George’sworldwasshiftedbyexperimental,jazz-influencedpopartistslikeThundercatandTameImpala,andthegrunge-yplayfulnessofMacDemarco.Hisownmusic,heexplains,aspirestobe“thenextgenerationofthatmusic,pushingwhattheystarted.”Buthisall-timemusicalheroisRayCharles.“He,forme,istheepitomeofmusic.That’swhatit’sallabout—allofthehonestyandrawnessthatIwanttohear.”Learningguitarfromhisbrothersandteachinghimself,alongwithfriends,toproducebeats,Georgebuilthimselfastudioinhisgardenshedsohecouldfullyimmersehimselfincreatinghisownsonicworld.Itwasbetweentheagesof14and16thatGeorgecreatedYellowDays,andbeganwritingthesongsthatwouldformhisbluesydebutEPHarmlessMelodies.“Theaimwastoencapsulateyouth,”hereflects.“Iwantedthewholethingtobeaboutmegrowingup,andhowitfeelstogrowup,thethingsyougothrough.YellowDaysitselfmeansayellowmistoveryourlife,whichyouseethrough—it’sametaphorforyouth,andtheextremefeelingsyouget.Iwriteaboutthoseextremefeelings.”Thereleasewasthefirsttasteofwhattoexpectfromaworld-buildingartistwhowrites,produces,anddesignseverythinghimself.InterspersedwithphilosophicalquotesoncreativityfromJohnCleese,theEP’skicked-backsongsweavetheirwayfromalazySundayafternoonjam,tomissivesthatstareteenagelonelinessandunrequitedloveintheface.OnhisupcomingprojectIsEverythingOkayinYourWorld?,outOctober27onGoodYears,Georgeisevenmoreforthrightandfearlesswhenitcomestolookingtoughsubjectsintheeye.Thetitle,heexplains,isaphrasesofrequentlyheardby“peoplewhostrugglewiththings—peoplewhogetanxiety,depression,peoplewhojustcan’tquitegetalong.Basicallyontheproject,eachsongisananswertothequestion.”Philosophicalinnature,Georgeisalwaysthinkingonalargescale.“I’vealwaysjusthadagenuineinterestinthebigquestionsinlife,”hesays.“Alotofpeoplehavealwaysfoundithardtohandle,theydon’tliketotalkaboutthingslikethat,theyfindituncomfortable,butI’vealways
searchedforthatkindofconversation.”Afterthenextproject,hehopestoreleasemanymore,witheachtakingaquestion(likeIsEverythingOkay...?)asitsstartingpoint.“Thenext[release]willrespondtoadifferentquestion,andthenaconversationwillgoon,basically.Mywholecareerwillbeaconversation.That’swhatI’mworkingon.”
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