A copy of the mistress on vinyl, the screen printed yellow ostrich poster, and a rather dashing yellow ostrich t. Report this track or account if you like yellow ostrich, you may also like. To these ends, tracks like the bluesy hate me soon and the driving hold on. The bedroom is a place we associate with comfort and sanctuary and solitude and sinking into writings and collapsing into pillows with a head full of thoughts that can only be emptied here and nowhere else. With multiinstrumentalist jon natchez and drummer michael tapper in the fold, strange land presents yellow ostrich fully formed, no longer a bedroom project, but rather now a fullfledged power trio.
Its never showy, taking gentle and simple guitar passages and marrying them with assorted dreamlike noises and schaafs hardtoplace yet clearly influenced voice. Often, adding a full band monkeys with a solo outfits sound in an unappealing way, but in schaafs case, it gives him more toys to play with compare the 2010 version of til i disappear. Yellow ostrich is a good indie folk album, nothing more. Debut album from wisconsinite alex schaafs project. In that sense, the mix of vocal harmonies and echoey guitar sections fits nicely, if somewhat generically so, next to such similarly inclined acts as fleet foxes and local natives. Download the title track from yellow ostrichs new album. Yellow ostrichs sophomore album, the mistress, featuring the song mary, followed in 2011. Alex schaafs overlapping vocal loops sound like a futuristic hybrid of a chamber choir and a synthesizer.
Although there is no shortage of innovative and dynamic music among these releases, its his latest lp, the mistress, that has garnered significant attention. New yorkbased yellow ostrich will be releasing their next album, strange land, on march 6th. Indie rock yellow ostrich the mistress 2011, cd discogs. And, after spending some time with the mistress, thats the lush, cosy, private feeling i can associate with yellow ostrich. Add to that the three eps, two fulllengths and one 7 hes released since the.
Yellow ostrich the mistress 2011, yellow, vinyl discogs. Yellow ostrich s 2011 sophomore effort mistress is a reflective and melodic mix of indie rock, harmonized folkrock, and some lofi rock. Whale, mary alternate, marathon runner, hate me soon, fog, biography. Under this moniker, schaaf digitally released his first album, the mistress, for free on bandcamp. Yellow ostrich was an american indie rock band based in brooklyn, new york. Any wonder, how do you do it keith sweaty remix, shades, ghost ep, top tracks. Throughout the mistress tracksremastered and expanded for this barsuk reissueschaaf is a homerecorded dirty projectors hold on, a male equivalent to cutand.
New york indie trio yellow ostrich is offering a free download for the title track of their forthcoming album, ghost, which is set for release october 22nd. Yellow ostrichs new album, cosmos, on vinyl with a newly designed yo tshirt. Yellow ostrich played their last show on december 8, 2014. Also in 2012, yellow ostrich released the sixsong ep ghost. Yellow ostrichs 2011 sophomore effort mistress is a reflective and melodic mix of indie rock, harmonized folkrock, and some lofi rock.
In 2009, lawrence university student alex schaaf experimented in his dorm room on a musical project he called yellow ostrich. The mistress by yellow ostrich, released 01 august 2011 1. If you see a butterfly will we hear dramatic cries. Yellow ostrich is an experimental indie rock band centered around singersongwriter alex schaaf.
On the mistress it gets looped and layered, stretched and manipulated. The price is great, just a plain white insert but does come with a download. The price is great, just a plain white insert but does come with a download coupon. The barsuk release marks the first time the mistress will be sold as a physical cd it was previously available on vinyl and as a digital download. By the time their sophomore album, strange land, came out in may, schaaf and drummer michael tapper picked up. Since we last caught up with him in october, yellow ostrichs alex schaaf has gained a label and two bandmates. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology.
Yellow ostrich came to my attention while scouring the interwebz for material for the brain salad compilations. Preorders receive an instant download of shades and any wonder and a full album download on release day. Yellow ostrichthe mistress is one of the most creative and addictive albums of 2011. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Yellow ostrich free mp3 downloads, photos on reverbs mile.
Tom williams is raising funds for get yellow ostrich s the mistress pressed on vinyl. Stream marathon runner by yellow ostrich from desktop or your mobile device. The mistress, an album by yellow ostrich on spotify. Yellow ostrich hate me soon the mistress chad vangaalen replace me diaper island oneohtrix point never andro replica 2012 alabama shakes hold on alabama shakes ep. Marathon runner by yellow ostrich free listening on. Lead singer and project mastermind alex schaff chimes in with his juvenile and playful voice that he decorates really. Just a year after they unleashed their sophomore set the mistress, new york threesome and former bedroom project yellow ostrich are readying the release of strange land, a. I first came across whale which is a track that starts simply with just some looped vocals and percussion.
Songs seem to generally follow the pattern of schaaf vocally maypoling around one hook with general indiefolk quirk. The band began in 2009 as the solo project of alex schaaf, who moved from wisconsin to new york to pursue a career in music and recorded on a fourtrack recorder. Listen to your favorite songs from the mistress by yellow ostrich now. The mistress was also selfproduced, and was made by singerguitarist alex schaaf on his own, playing all the instruments. The band formed in 2009 and, at the time of their last show, consisted of alex schaaf vocals and guitar, michael tapper drums, jared van fleet and zach rose. You can purchase all of their albums here, or on itunes or spotify. Yellow ostrich wants to press their debut lp, the mistress, on vinyl.
Accordingly, it was the first yellow ostrich record to get a proper release, on barsuk in june 2011. Yellow ostrich was once a moniker for schaafs solo outpourings. The focal point of yellow ostrichs magnificent debut the mistress is wisconsin native alex schaafs voice. It might not last long, but, for the moment at least, its pretty much exactly what im looking for. Download on amazon whale play on apple music whale download on itunes whale play on spotify whale play on youtube whale red band society s 1 e 2 sole searching 24 sep 2014 emma pads just before her weighin for her weight test.
Yellow ostrich were an american indie rock band from brooklyn, new york. The first video from yellow ostrichs debut fulllength the mistress available now on barsuk records. Its reedy and childlike, and on the mistress it gets looped and layered, stretched, manipulated. The band originally began as a solo project for schaaf, who. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Yellow ostrich by jdp mar 6, 2012 30hz recommended, music 0 comments other than releases from old standbys and autolistens andrew bird, the magnetic fields and white rabbit, there was little to recommend on this sixth day of march, 2012. In 2012, schaaf and his yellow ostrich bandmates michael tapper and jon natchez returned with the decidedly more forceful and anthemic strange land. Yellow ostrich the mistress is one of the most creative and addictive albums of 2011. A copy of the mistress on vinyl, the screen printed yellow ostrich poster, and a rather dashing yellow ostrich tshirt. In december of 2010, nyc via wisconsin hipsters yellow ostrich released their debut record the mistress through afternoon records their infectious single whale got them hype on npr and kexps infamous song of the day feature, culminating in y.
His first release was a selftitled ninetrack album in march 2009. With a title like the mistress, the debut lp by erstwhile oneman band yellow ostrich suggests that the musician at its core, wisconsin native alex schaaf, feels no fidelity for any one musical style or influence. The group avoids bobby mcferrinesque novelty by combining those loops with inspired melodies and instrumentation, and avoid medullaesque. While the album is selfproduced like their last, the mistress, the band explains that it is. Whale by yellow ostrich is a song about a troubled speaker asking the whale to take him away from his problems. Yellow ostrich first got on our radar with 2011s the mistress, the bands second fulllength record of quirky indie poprock. Listen free to yellow ostrich the mistress i think u are great, whale and more. Yellow ostrich, originally a solo project by alex schaaf, morphed into a duo before the release of its debut record, the mistress. Strange land by yellow ostrich, released 01 march 2012 1. Tom williams is raising funds for get yellow ostrichs the mistress pressed on vinyl. The other guys have new stuff in the works, so check back soon. Yellow ostrich is the name under which alex schaaf, a wisconsin native, has recorded 3 lps, 4 eps, and a 7inch since march 2009. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod.
For a trio, yellow ostrich creates an appealingly complex. Yellow ostrichs musical identity began to crystallize as schaaf worked on the mistress, the first album that reflected a cohesive vision for what the band could become. Just a year after they unleashed their sophomore set the mistress, new york threesome and former bedroom project yellow ostrich are. A while back, yellow ostrich was featured in an indie sabbath post and it included the track whale.