record or something, and then the newest one, well, we’ve kind of witnessed the birth of this really ugly underbelly in America, with this whole tea-party nonsense.Tere’s the rebirth of really disgusting, bleak, pro- business and also very anti- human nonsense that’s kind of pervasive right now. Tat couldn’t help but influence some of the song writing, it’s not necessarily a completely political record, but that environment did influence the writing of it.
So is this album going to sound more desolate? Ah I dunno man, you’ll have to tell me. When people hear it they’ll probably find all sort of hidden meanings in everything. It’s a little more bleak, there are certainly more songs in minor keys and there’s more dissonance; we were trying to do a dissonant record that was still accessible. A lot of the songs have kind of bizarre, slightly unnerving cinematic sounds and textures, and that was one of the things that was exciting about making this record. It was very much made in a city, we made the record in Brooklyn and in London, for the last one we escaped the city and went up to Woodstock, which is a very peaceful and idyllic community, but this was made in a city and it feels like it.
Are you looking forward to Latitude, you played there two years ago? Oh man, yeah, that was a great one. Some festivals are terrible; where teenagers are just messed up out of their heads, it can be really dark and gross to see all of these young kids just puking, covered in mud. But then there are some festivals that are just so beautiful and it’s a great experience. It felt like a festival where there was a real community of musicians hanging out, and there was theatre, and sheep that were painted different
colours and fucking kids running around with bubbles; it was like a Renaissance festival mixed with a music festival and a rave in the woods or something, we had a good time, a really good time.
Latitude is great because it appeals to a larger crowd than those festivals that seem strictly reserved for 18 year olds who want to get wasted. Yeah, it’s kind of for parents who want to get wasted, but not obliterated [laughs]. Like, they’ll only take a little bit of ecstasy…
Have you got any expectation for the British audience? Tey’re a good crowd in the UK definitely. I think there’s a high expectation when you play in the UK because of the great legacy of music, so it’s always fun to try and live up to that.
So what’s next for Yeasayer? I don’t know what’s next man, right now we’ve just got more touring and are looking forward to playing in places where we’ve never been.
Alex Trossell
Yeasayer perform as part of the Latitude Festival line-up from 12th – 15th July. For tickets, go to
www.latitudefestival.co.uk. New album Fragrant World is due 20th August, pre-orders are available online. Read the full version of this interview on
Outlineoneline.co.uk.
14 /July 2012/
outlineonline.co.uk
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