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- Summary: After two EPS written and recorded separately when several members of the New Zealand indie pop band moved elsewhere after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, its debut full-length is its first where they wrote and recorded together.
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- Record Label: Cascine
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Alternative Dance
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| Barricade (Matter of Fact) | |
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| This sign, this sign is making them flow Just breathe, just breathe and they'll lower the barricade It's new, it's new till you leave it alone I am... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Jun 30, 2016Yoncalla is one of the year’s strongest debuts right behind the devastating Wriggling by Abi Reimold. Unlike that album, however, Yoncalla is a ray of sunshine warming through a glass window.
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Jun 30, 2016For Yoncalla the band finally recorded together. You can hear it. It’s the sound of a band in room.
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Jun 30, 2016Yoncalla isn’t earth-shattering--everything sort of blends together, as is often the way with most dream pop records. But what does it matter when it’s the sort of album that makes you feel good.
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Jun 30, 2016Yoncalla highlights all the best elements of Yumi Zouma, wrapped up in some of the prettiest music they’ve made yet.
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Jun 30, 2016Only "Better When I'm by Your Side," which hews a little too closely to the Lorde template, does anything to darken the mood. It's a tiny stumble that does little to detract from the pleasing nature of the rest of the album.
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Jun 30, 2016Yoncalla borrows heavily from the ‘70s and ‘80s while never seeming anything less than modern--but Yumi Zouma seem to have stumbled upon a formula that separates them just enough to pique interest.
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