Young Americans Challenging High Technology or Yacht is next on the turntables with their dance pop/art punk sounds off of their latest release "Shangri-La". Hailing from Portland Oregon they bring their second length album off the DFA record label which is known for breaking many great independent acts and we can add Yacht to that list.
“Shangri-La” will be our second album for DFA Records, and fifth for the world. “Shangri-La” was produced, mixed, recorded, and performed by Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans with our frequent collaborator and touring member Bobby Birdman, at the Marfa Recording Company, Jackpot! Studios, and in our temporary living quarters in Los Angeles, California.
With “Shangri-La,” we assert that the future is a blank slate upon which anything can be imposed.
Paradise is kinetic potential, a latency within us that has been eaten alive by time. In line with the existing emphasis on self-empowerment in the YACHT philosophy, our idea of “Utopia” is personal. We believe that the only real sustainable paradise is in our minds, and hence creative output can be a tangible piece of the Utopia within each individual.
“Shangri-La” is literally YACHT’s Utopia, a place made of songs. We invite you to visit us there this summer.
Below we present our choice picks of tracks off Yacht's new album and we invite you to take a spin with us.
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