{"id":2688,"date":"2012-04-25T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2016-02-27T13:43:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T18:43:22","slug":"yacht-release-cover-track-announce-tour-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=2688","title":{"rendered":"YACHT release cover track + announce tour dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YACHT has released a new track to promote their upcoming European tour. The new song is a cover of iconic avant-garde French singer Brigitte Fontaine&#8217;s &#8220;Le Goudron.&#8221; The track is a surrealist revolutionary song originally recorded in 1969 with The Art Ensemble of Chicago; YACHT has reinvented and reworked the track to fill modern day dance floors.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below which was shot at The Smell in LA.<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fz1F_rLJMYk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>MP3: <a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/02-le-goudron-edit.mp3\">YACHT &#8211; Le Goudron (Edit)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eventhough Claire L. Evans of YACHT was raised in France, this is the first song YACHT has ever recorded in French. YACHT said about the song, <em>&#8220;we can only hope that our frantic, starry-eyed cribbing of Brigitte Fontaine makes us better people. In the meantime, we wanted to pay homage.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The band has been touring extensively and continue with dates throughout Europe and the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>European tour dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>04\/26 Nantes, FR @ P\u00f4le Etudiant<br \/>\n04\/27 Tours, FR @ Le Temps Machine<br \/>\n04\/28 Paris, FR @ KEEP PORTLAND WEIRD @ Ga\u00eet\u00e9 Lyrique<br \/>\n04\/30 Heidelberg, DE @ Halle01<br \/>\n05\/01 Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom<br \/>\n05\/02 St. Gallen, CH @ Palace<br \/>\n05\/03 Dublin, IE @ Workmansclub<br \/>\n05\/05 Belfast, UK @ Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival<br \/>\n05\/06 Bristol, UK @ Simple Things Festival<br \/>\n05\/08 London, UK @ XOYO<br \/>\n05\/11 Brighton, UK for The Great Escape @ Digital<br \/>\n05\/13 Norwich, UK @ Norwich &amp; Norfolk Festival<br \/>\n05\/14 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso<br \/>\n05\/15 Brussels, BE @ Les Nuits De Botanique Festival<br \/>\n05\/16 Lyon, FR @ Nuits Sonores Festival<br \/>\n05\/17 Barcelona, ES @ Music Hall<br \/>\n05\/18 Madrid, ES @ Charada<br \/>\n05\/19 Guimaraes, PT @ Vila Flor<\/p>\n<p><strong>US tour dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>05\/24 San Diego, CA @ The Loft @ UCSD<br \/>\n05\/25 Tucson, AZ @ Plush<br \/>\n05\/26 El Paso, TX @ Neon Desert Music Festival<br \/>\n05\/28 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks<br \/>\n05\/30 Gainesville, FL @ Double Down Live<br \/>\n05\/31 Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live<br \/>\n06\/01 Tampa, FL @ Crowbar<br \/>\n06\/02 Miami, FL @ Bardot<br \/>\n06\/04 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl<br \/>\n06\/05 Nashville, TN @ 12th &amp; Porter<br \/>\n06\/06 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe<br \/>\n06\/07 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada<br \/>\n06\/08 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk<br \/>\n06\/09 Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald\u2019s<br \/>\n06\/11 Norman, OK @ Opolis<br \/>\n06\/13 Santa Fe, NM @ Sol<br \/>\n06\/14 Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom<br \/>\n06\/15 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House<br \/>\n08\/10 \u2013 08\/12 San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands<br \/>\n08\/31 \u2013 09\/02 Chicago, IL @ North Coast Music Festival<\/p>\n<p>For more information on YACHT, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/teamyacht.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">teamyacht.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>YACHT has released a new track to promote their upcoming European tour. 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