Night Beds’ album “Country Sleep“ was one of my absolute favorite things to come out in 2013. Now, Winston Yellen, the man behind the project, is taking his trembling-lip-country-lullabies farther away from Nashville and further toward Toronto’s blossoming late night R&B. In December Yellen released one-off “Me Liquor & God” which hinted toward this amorphous, more electronic sound, and “Tide Teeth” confirms that he is definitely making that leap. It’s not super surprising since synthy, sad bedroom-R&B seems to be ubiquitous these days, but I do miss the country skeleton that was intact under his older material. Guess I’ll always have the track “Ramona.” to fall back on.
Posts Tagged ‘Country Sleep’
NIGHT BEDS – ” Tide Teeth “
Posted: April 14, 2015 in MUSICTags: Country Sleep, Me Liquour and God, Night Beds, Winston Yellen
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NIGHT BEDS – ” The Way The Whole Thing Ends ” Gillian Welch Cover
Posted: January 9, 2015 in MUSICTags: Country Sleep, Cover, Gillian Welch, Night Beds
After releasing the highly acclaimed “Country Sleep” a couple years ago now, Winston Yellen aka Night Beds went quiet, deleting his Facebook and wiping his Twitter. He seems to be slowly re-emerging though, with a new single earlier this month likely previewing a second album (the Facebook’s back too). One thing he did during the down time though was a session in his home town of Denver, finally putting to tape the beautiful Gillian Welch cover he’d played a few times at early concerts.
NIGHTBEDS – ” Me Liquor and God “
Posted: December 11, 2014 in MUSICTags: Country Sleep, Night Beds, Winston Yellen
Singer/songwriter Winston Yellen totally impressed with his debut LP as Night Beds, “Country Sleep”, a warm and melancholy collection of folk-leaning tunes, which is what makes this new song, “Me Liquor & God,” so surprising in existence alone. Gone are the guitar-driven melodies, replaced by wavy, pulsing synths that oscillate just below Yellen’s quavering, slightly processed vocal take. This isn’t Yellen’s first time going electro—he guested on Danish small-techno producer Tomas Barfod’s “Sell You” earlier this year—but it’s the first time he’s done it alone, and it’s surprising how effective this approach is for him.
The Fat Angel Sings 