{"id":24926,"date":"2017-03-30T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24926"},"modified":"2017-05-28T09:41:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T13:41:20","slug":"yi-reveal-new-single-ladyfingers-announce-debut-release-ep1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24926","title":{"rendered":"Yi reveal new single &#8216;Ladyfingers&#8217; + announce debut release &#8216;EP1&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24928\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/59f42a30-babd-4203-a49a-08f7e3d3ae3a.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"Yi\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/59f42a30-babd-4203-a49a-08f7e3d3ae3a.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/59f42a30-babd-4203-a49a-08f7e3d3ae3a.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Yi\u00a0have released their new single\u00a0<em>Ladyfingers<\/em>. The track is\u00a0lifted from\u00a0their debut, &#8216;EP1,&#8217;\u00a0which will be out via\u00a0Hand Drawn Dracula<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on April 14th. \u00a0Listen to the single via Soundcloud below or pre-order the EP\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stagefrightpublicity.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9483419c321081821c0b1a040&amp;id=6b01a5555a&amp;e=0389613713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F303750493&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=787574\"><\/iframe>\n<p>You can also listen to\u00a0the first single from &#8216;EP1&#8217;,\u00a0<em>Not So Dead<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stagefrightpublicity.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9483419c321081821c0b1a040&amp;id=9459ec802c&amp;e=0389613713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0via The Line Of Best Fit\u00a0who said: <em>&#8220;Not So Dead starts with a wail of feedback before the track breaks out, driving forward with sludgy guitars and a nagging bassline, while Allen and Crowe echo each others disaffected vocals.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/9483419c321081821c0b1a040\/images\/aaa9bede-9e78-49ad-9626-9382abe588d9.jpg?resize=264%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yi EP1 cover \" width=\"264\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>Tracklisting<\/h5>\n<p>Ladyfingers<br \/>\nNot So Dead<br \/>\nSleeptalk<br \/>\nCareless<\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Yi?<\/strong> Yi was formed in the winter of 2015 by\u00a0Jordan Allen\u00a0(Rolemodel) and\u00a0Jesse Crowe\u00a0(Beliefs) following their writing collaboration on the track\u00a0<em>Until<\/em>\u00a0for the Jordan&#8217;s &#8216;Rolemodel&#8217;\u00a0EP. The pair quickly accumulated enough material for two partnered EPs (coming soon via Hand Drawn Dracula). \u00a0&#8216;EP1&#8217;\u00a0features Yi&#8217;s first single,\u00a0<em>Not So Dead<\/em>, which draws influences from\u00a0Sonic Youth\u00a0and\u00a0Dinosaur Jr., while &#8216;EP2&#8217;\u00a0draws influences from\u00a0Massive Attack,\u00a0Sneaker Pimps\u00a0and\u00a0Blur.<\/p>\n<p>Yi&#8217;s live band evolved in 2016 with the addition of\u00a0Luke Duross,\u00a0Patrick McCormack(founding member of Beliefs), and\u00a0Braeden Craig\u00a0(Greys), and have thus far been building a home audience in Toronto before embarking towards future festivals and far away cities.<\/p>\n<h5>Live dates<\/h5>\n<p>04\/20\/17 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Toronto ON<\/strong>\u00a0: Silver Dollar CMW w\/ The Seams, Japanese Breakfast<br \/>\n04\/05\/17 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Toronto ON\u00a0<\/strong>: Baby G w\/ Fresh Snow, Decorum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Yi\u00a0have released their new single\u00a0Ladyfingers. The track is\u00a0lifted from\u00a0their debut, &#8216;EP1,&#8217;\u00a0which will be out via\u00a0Hand Drawn Dracula\u00a0on April 14th. \u00a0Listen to the single via Soundcloud <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=24926\" title=\"Yi reveal new single &#8216;Ladyfingers&#8217; + announce debut release &#8216;EP1&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,28,30],"tags":[6075,550,6073,6074],"class_list":["post-24926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-ep1","tag-hand-drawn-dracula","tag-ladyfingers","tag-yi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/59f42a30-babd-4203-a49a-08f7e3d3ae3a.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-6u2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26127,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=26127","url_meta":{"origin":24926,"position":0},"title":"Yi reveal new video for &#8216;Not Dead Yet&#8217;","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"July 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Yi have debuted their new video for Not Dead Yet. 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