un blonde / Yves Jarvis

the same by different means wound up my favorite album of the year last year. i stand in awe of its beauty.

anyway, he has a new track and it's very pretty laurel canyon vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnageGlIoI4

ooh I like this A LOT

new album coming in september!!

https://yvesjarvis.bandcamp.com/album/sundry-rock-song-stock

nice! starting to look like every single artist I like is going to release an album this year

is "For Props" new? I love it, as usual it reminds me of half a dozen other things without seeming at all imitative

listening to "Victim" again now and, damn, I'm pissed I have to wait until September for this whole thing (both tracks have pretty summer-haze atmospheres)

Victim is GORGEOUS

and so is this new one

new track on a new canadian charity compilation (which also features a cover by a certain musical ilxor)

https://evernewohcanada.bandcamp.com/track/all-the-way-home

new album out today! bout to dive in

https://yvesjarvis.bandcamp.com/album/sundry-rock-song-stock

i really love exploring the corners of this guy's mind. after first listen, feels less sprawling and ambitious than last year's album. the shorter track lengths of that one played to his advantage, i think. if there was an experiment you didn't like, it would be over in 90 seconds or less. this time, the experimental tracks drag a bit--but the poppier, ballad-y tracks are gorgeous and well-crafted. of course, first impressions usually mean little-to-zero when evaluating yves jarvis releases, considering how the same but by different means evolved in my mind from a pleasant curiosity to my favorite album of last year.

haven't listened to the new one yet but 'same by different means' is such a classic album

New album is probably a top 10 of the year for me. One of my best musical discoveries of the year.

beautiful review by andy cush https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/yves-jarvis-sundry-rock-song-stock/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

The new album is so lovely. The best hangover album I've heard in a while

Yeah, this is awesome. The last album still eludes me a bit but I find I'm sinking into this one pretty easily.

new song "Projection"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9KdpIltTyc

and now a new song + new band: https://pitchfork.com/news/yves-jarvis-and-romy-lightman-form-new-band-announce-album-with-new-song-listen

not quite sure what I think of it tbh, I feel like it might make more sense in an album context?

new album 'the zug' came out last friday. i'm digging it, particularly this little groove machine of a track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMSpVKnPF3E

Holy shit thanks, how did I not hear about this?? Sundry Rock Song Stock was maybe my favorite album of 2020

starting to think that the zug is a major step up from sundry, and while it doesn’t approach the sprawl of the same but by different means, he makes up for it by packing his songs with fascinating diversions, and by focusing more on rhythm. he also seems to be an excellent guitar player