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YUMI ZOUMA – ” Willowbank “

Posted: February 19, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Just over a year after releasing their lauded debut LP, Yoncalla, Yumi Zouma return with Willowbank, the band’s sophomore album.

For the making of Willowbank, Yumi Zouma’s members — Charlie Ryder, Josh Burgess, Christie Simpson and Sam Perry settled on a plan to reunite for the New Zealand summer. To complete what would become their first significant work written and recorded entirely in their home country, they rented a studio in Christchurch’s semi-demolished CBD, on one of the few remaining blocks that still characterizes the city from before it was destroyed by a series of earthquakes. “It was as though there was a brief pause in all of our lives and we finally felt like a band from New Zealand,” said Burgess. “We were on home turf and creating from a place that felt fundamentally natural.”

They scare me… every release since EP I has been literal perfection, but somehow they continue to get BETTER AND BETTER with each one

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When you know it’s there, the feeling of rootedness is undeniable on Willowbank. Being connected to their origins on the bottom of the earth allowed the band’s members to craft another essential chapter in the Yumi Zouma storybook.

Released October 6th, 2017

Yumi Zouma is Charlie Ryder, Josh Burgess, Christie Simpson and Sam Perry. All songs written, recorded and produced by Yumi Zouma.

YUMI ZOUMA – ” Willowbank ” Best Albums Of 2017

Posted: September 16, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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They might be the latest exciting act emerging from New Zealand, but before they embarked on their new record, Willowbank, Yumi Zouma never really felt like a band from New Zealand. It was only during what band-member Josh Burgess describes as, “a brief pause in all of our lives”, that the band settled on a plan to go home to Christchurch and record their first release put together entirely in their home country. The fruits of that homecoming will become evident with Willowbank’s release next month, but ahead of that, the band have shared a video to new single, Half Hour.

Half Hour is inspired by Josh’s grandfather’s death back when he was just seven, as he explains, “the first time I experienced death in any significant way was when I was seven. My granddad died, and I still remember this feeling knowing that now he was no longer on the planet, and no matter how hard I searched, he could not be found”. It is perhaps no surprise that the song mirrors that sense of confusion, loss and longing for the past. Musically, it’s sad certainly but also strong, as singer Christie’s vocal entwines with Josh’s atop a backing of complex rhythms and pulses of bassy synth. A rush of electronics and gorgeous pop-tinged melodies, Yumi Zouma have never sounded more ready for the success that looks set to come their way.

Filmed in Christchurch, New Zealand, by Julian Vares. Willowbank is out October 6th via Cascine. ‘Persephone’ is the third single from Yumi Zouma’s sophomore album, Willowbank. Listen to previously released singles ‘December’ and ‘Depths (Pt. I) here: http://bit.ly/yumi_dec_sc

 

YUMI ZOUMA – ” December “

Posted: August 1, 2017 in MUSIC
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Yumi Zouma are a New Zealand band based in Christchurch,The band have been honing their exquisite craft since 2014, at times separately, from all corners of the world, at others, in a collective space.  this meticulous, bountiful songwriting process had, up until today, yielded a pair of extended plays and last year’s full-length debut, Yoncalla.  it’s a very pleasant surprise, then, that Yumi Zouma has announced Willowbank, its sophomore album, due out october 6th via Cascine Records .

Willowbank marks the first time the band has had time to write and record a large group of songs together in their native New Zealand, so perhaps it’s fitting that the album’s first single, “December,” seems like the perfect distillation of summer at the bottom of the planet. as always, counter-melodic motifs are interwoven with ease, though Christie Simpson’s lead vocal sits more squarely in the mix than ever before, feeling less a part of the overall texture and more like a distinctly separate entity.  capped off by a stout, brassy coda, Yumi Zouma’s latest single retains a peaceful majesty that has easily become the outfit’s calling card.

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“December” is another gorgeous achievement for a pop group that seemingly has no ceiling.