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Finger In Your Eye by YACHT

My Idea by YACHT

This is a cover of the 2004 song "You Fuck Me Up," by Dub Narcotic Sound System, a lo-fi funk band named after the recording studio in Olympia, Washington, where many of our friends and extended Pacific Northwest community have recorded albums over the decades for K Records and various other satellite labels. The original vocal on this song is performed by the Olympia underground art-ward multi-instrumentalist staple Heather Dunn (Tiger Trap, Liarbird, Lois, Raincoats, The No-No's, Halo Benders, Dennis Driscoll) whose fantastic and loose performance taps into an undeniable, elemental horniness. It's very alive. This music, and the larger constellation of music that constitutes its scene, has always represented, to us, the very fundamentals of punk. In its infinite capacity to miss the point, Pitchfork called this song "horrifically off-key" and "endlessly bad" back in the day. Lyrics Touch my nose and undress my belt It just the way that we used to felt It fucks me up night til noon When will you c

Week six of quarantine and now we're dreaming about long nights driving aimlessly around Los Angeles with our friends, pinballing from place to place and feeling the sense of aliveness you get just from being in cars, showing up to parties, leaving, heading somewhere else, to the club, always moving & never going anywhere, detached from time until the night turns to morning. "Popularity" is our favorite song from our favorite Sparks album (1983's "In Outer Space")—a perfect ode to being a vapid LA person going everywhere at once, and to the simple satisfaction of being around other people and feeling popular. By the time we get back out into the world we'll have forgotten what our favorite places are called too. This whole album is perfect and nails a balance of reckless energy and deep loneliness that feels very appropriate to our moment. Lyrics I like you and you like me a lot And we do those things that can make us feel hot Then we join some friends, all of them are all right And we talk a while, then

Support YACHT on Bandcamp: https://yacht.bandcamp.com/track/avril-14th-single YACHT Quarantine Cover Series No. 4 This is the most beautiful Aphex Twin song, "Avril 14th," from the album Drukqs (2001), composed originally for a high-tech Yamaha player piano called the Disklavier. It's been raining nonstop in Los Angeles and we've been spiraling inwards into all our favorite music; we read Marc Weidenbaum's 33 1/3 book about "Selected Ambient Works" recently and learned that Richard D. James does a lot of his best work in between naps. This is a song for the in-between period of sleep and waking. Credits: Released April 14, 2020 Recorded, performed, produced, and mixed by YACHT Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk

Support us on Bandcamp: https://yacht.bandcamp.com/track/multi-family-garage-sale-single We're revisiting all our influences in quarantine. This is a cover of "Multi-Family Garage Sale," from Land of the Loops' 1995 7" single (and 1996 album, Bundle of Joy). This album made a huge impact on me (Jona) as it showed me that bridge could be built between DIY Pacific Northwest indie-pop and sample-based electronic music. If you're taking a lot of walks around your neighborhood right now, this is a great soundtrack for looking at the world and appreciating small things. "Land of the Loops’ Alan Sutherland was just another Minor Threat fan who couldn’t hold a band together until his conscientious parents bought him a sampler for graduation. The result was a couple of cassette releases and a CD for Seattle’s Up Records, Bundle of Joy, that lures Beat Happening’s Heather Lewis and others into what the Young Marble Giants might’ve done had they had the technology—a loop-driven basement party for the internationa

“Do They Owe Us a Living?” is one of the very first songs recorded by the British anarchist punk band Crass in 1977. The chorus is “do they owe us a living? Of course they fucking do,” meaning that we all—regardless of who we are or where we come from or what we do for work—deserve quality of life. That this idea is still radical in 2020 is testament to the infuriating lack of creativity, empathy, and joy that constitutes life in a purely capitalist society. Crass sold their albums so cheaply they lost money on every sale; this single costs $5 and we’re donating 100% of proceeds to One Fair Wage’s Emergency Coronavirus Tipped and Service Worker Support Fund, which provides direct cash assistance to restaurant workers, car service drivers, delivery workers, personal service workers and more who are owed a living, now as ever. Our recording owes a huge debt of gratitude to The Soft Pink Truth, who recorded an excellent version of “Do They Owe Us a Living?” for 2004 for Do You Want New Wave (Or Do You Want T

"Isolation" is a song from Joy Division's second/final album, "Closer," released in 1980. We recorded this version on Thursday March 19th, 2020, while self-isolating at home in Los Angeles, California. All of our upcoming shows have been cancelled. Lyrics: In fear every day, every evening He calls her aloud from above Carefully watched for a reason Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation Isolation Isolation Mother I tried please believe me I'm doing the best that I can I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through I'm ashamed of the person I am Isolation Isolation Isolation But if you could just see the beauty These things I could never describe These pleasures a wayward distraction This is my one lucky prize Isolation Isolation Isolation Isolation Isolation Credits: Released March 20, 2020 Recorded, performed, produced, and mixed by

Finger Like A Gun by YACHT

Look Alive by YACHT

Hard World by YACHT

Shame by YACHT

Strawberry Moon by YACHT

Reeling from the loss of Prince, we dug up an unfinished cover of "Annie Christian" we started in 2011, while recording our DFA album Shangri-La, and finished it. "Annie Christian" has always struck us as one of the weirdest Prince songs, a loose narrative of dark true stories from 1979-1981: John Lennon's assassination, the Atlanta murders, and the FBI's Abscam corruption sting. Prince was wounded by the evil in the world, and did a great deal both privately and publicly to bring the light.

From the Gutters of Gulf Shores at The Flying Harpoon by YACHT

YACHT & Eric Andre Present: ▌│█║▌║▌║ ＤＲ. ＭＤＭＡ, Ｍ.Ｄ. ║▌║▌║█│▌ TRACKLIST 1 Daniel Avery — Drone Logic (Factory Floor Gabe Gurnsey Remix) 2 Todd Terje — Strandbar (Samba) 3 Bill Wyman — (Si, Si) Je Suis un Rock Star 4 Gramme — Too High 5 Mutsumi — Look Down At Your Feet Below 6 Holger Czukay — Cool In The Pool 7 Tomas Barfod — Saturdaya 8 A la Carte — Doctor, Doctor (Jeffrey Jerusalem Edit) 9 Matias Aguyo — Rrrrr 10 Siriusmo — Doctor Beak 11 Wet Ones — Cool 12 Fun Fun — Happy Station 13 Julio Bashmore — Au Seve +:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:++:+ Mix by Jona Bechtolt http://teamyacht.com with Selectors Jeffrey Jerusalem, Bobby BIrdman, & Claire L. Evans Drops by Eric Andre http://ericandre.com Artwork by Tim Lahan http://timlahan.com

Dispatch from the Southern Cross by YACHT

We found Claire's old 4-track in a box. The tape inside, when we played it back, kept warping. The original was a single-microphone recording of guitar; this rhythm is a consequence of a damaged playhead, like the Tascam is playing along. We couldn't get much of the old songs, but we built this out of what was left over.

A mix by Jeffrey Jerusalem & YACHT Tracklist: Love Unlimited Orchestra - Welcome Aboard It's A Fine Line - Grease James Curd - Open Up Your Mind Feat. Devin Byrnes Sticky Stockholm - Daka Simian Mobile Disco - Thousand Year Egg MU - Paris Hilton Mike Dunn - Let It Be House Armando - Don't Take It (Thomos Edit) The Barking Dog - Mamarracho Cajmere - Percolator Virgo Four - Forever Yours Maurice & Charles - Moroder In Milan Snuten - Wild & Free Feat. Fox 'N' Wolf (Todd Terje Remix) Punks Jump Up - Get Down (Special Cccrash Mixxx) Carte Blanche - With You (Featuring Alexis Taylor) MNDR - Faster Horses (Jeffrey Jerusalem Remix) Ghostape - I Feel Your Soul