Portland’s YACHT previously announced that for the first time in their history they’ll be hitting the road with a backing band, who they’ve lovingly named The Straight Gaze. Today you can hear your first taste of what YACHT sounds like with live accompaniment via their new iTunes session in the studio with The Mystery Lights Band. The session features three tracks from last year’s critically acclaimed full-length, See Mystery Lights, as well as a cover of Weezer’s song “Holiday.”
Click here to listen to Yacht’s version of Weezer’s “Holiday”
Fun fact: Back in high school YACHT’s Claire L. Evans ran Geekrocklove, the 2nd most popular Weezer fansite at the time.
YACHT & The Mystery Lights Band iTunes Session Track List:
1.) Summer Song
2.) The Afterlife
3.) Psychic City (Voodoo City)
4.) Holiday
YACHT & The Straight Gaze Tour Dates:
(All Shows with Bobby Birdman except Philadelphia with MNDR and Los Angeles with Small Black, Washed Out, Picture Plane)
02/19: Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret
02/20: Victoria, BC @ Sugar Nightclub
02/22: Edmonton, AB @ Pawn Shop
02/23: Calgary, AB @ The Hi Fi Club
02/24: Saskatoon, SK @ Scratch
02/26: Northfield, MN @ The Cave at Carleton College
02/27: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
02/28: Gambier, OH @ The Horn Gallery
03/02: Pontiac, MI @The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom
03/03: Hamilton, ON @ The Casbah
03/04: Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar
03/05: Ottawa, ON @Ritual
03/06: Montreal, QC @ Le Belmont
03/07: Buffalo, NY @ Big Orbit Soundlab
03/11: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
03/12: Philadelphia, PA @ Voyeur/ Makin Time
03/13: Monterrey, MX @ Festival Nrmal – Alianza Francesca
03/15: Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
03/16: Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
SXSW
03/25: San Diego, CA @ Museum of Contemporary Art
03/26: Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex (With Small Black, Washed Out, Picture Plane)
Musically Amusing 