A Day in a Yellow Beat Yellow Days

• 1Intro02:34
• 2Be Free04:04
• 3Let You Know03:48
• 4(The Outsider)00:25
• 5Who's There?04:22
• 6Getting Closer05:02
• 7Come Groove (Interlude)02:59
• 8Keep Yourself Alive04:31
• 9Open Your Eyes04:34
• 10!01:30
• 11(Pot Party)00:35
• 12Keeps Me Satisfied04:37
• 13You04:06
• 14(What Goes Up Must Come Down)00:52
• 15The Curse05:05
• 16Let's be Good to Each Other03:05
• 17Whatever You Wanna Do05:03
• 18Something Special (Interlude)04:00
• 19So Lost03:16
• 20I Don't Mind04:59
• 21(Mature Love)00:32
• 22Treat You Right04:21
• 23Love Is Everywhere03:24
• Total Runtime01:17:44

Info for A Day in a Yellow Beat

"A Day in a Yellow Beat" is Yellow Days’ sophomore record and his first for Columbia. George is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and self-medicated auteur who has never quite fitted into one style or space. As he readies his new album, his sound continues to warp funky, while his words dig deeper into modern malaise and mental health. It is, as he says, "Upbeat existential millennial crisis music."

On his current musical direction, George explains "I'm trying to brand my own version of ironic dance music full of depressing truths about feeling distant from your friends, or a sense that nothing is worth anything," In particular he's been diving into the '70s: fusion-era works of Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones, the funkier phases of Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield, and the keyboard wizardry of Don Blackman and Weldon Irvine. He's been staying up until 5 a.m. watching Soul Train on YouTube, and testing his falsetto. ‘A Day in a Yellow Beat’ is a real-time culmination of ideas, however wild they may be.

Yellow Days

Yellow Days
Noted for throaty, yearning vocals that accompany his swimmy indie soul-pop, Yellow Days is the performance alias of British musician George van den Broek. Born in Manchester, England, and raised in Haselmere, van den Broek's musical endeavors began when he got a guitar for Christmas at the age of 11. With influences that include Ray Charles, Mac DeMarco, and Thundercat, he started releasing standalone singles as a teen in late 2015. His debut EP, Harmless Melodies, arrived in November 2016. Yellow Days continued to release periodic singles in 2017, some of which appeared on his debut LP, Is Everything Okay in Your World?, that October. It featured a guest spot by hip-hop artist Rejjie Snow. Early the next year, "Gap in the Clouds," from his first EP, reached a broader audience when it accompanied the trailer for the second season of Donald Glover's show Atlanta. Yellow Days followed up in April 2018 with the single "The Way Things Change" and a week's worth of club shows in the U.S. that quickly sold out, before continuing the tour in Europe. The musician's sophomore effort arrived in 2020: titled A Day in a Yellow Beat, the project was written and recorded primarily in L.A., with van den Broek sourcing new inspiration from local collaborators. (Marcy Donelson, AMG)

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