YACHT & YACHTLIKE

I AM A BIG FAN OF YACHT. THEY ARE NOT EVEN TOO CUTESY FOR ME. THEIR NEW SONG, "PSYCHIC CITY" HAS BEEN MAKING MAJOR ROUNDS WITH MAJOR TASTEMAKERS. IT IS CUTE AND CATCHY.



ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE MOST ABOUT YACHT IS THEIR PROPENSITY TO WRITE SACCHARINE SWEET SONGS WITH VERY SUBTLE UNDERCURRENTS OF DARKNESS AND DANGER. "PSYCHIC CITY" DOES THIS WELL. BUT SOMETIMES, WHEN LISTENING TO YACHT, I DON'T HEAR PAST THE CUTE MELODIES AND SINGING, AND FEEL LIKE I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING MORE OBVIOUSLY DARKER. SO I AM VERY GLAD I DISCOVERED THE FOLLOWING TRACKS.



THE FIRST, "TREE FROG", BY DEASTRO, WAS RELEASED ON ONE OF MY FAVORITE LABELS, GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL. IT HAS EXTREMELY YACHT-LIKE MELODIES AND SLIGHTLY MELANCHOLY LYRICS. IT IS ALSO A DEPARTURE FROM DEASTRO'S EARLY MATERIAL, AND I AM EXCITED TO HEAR IF HE CONTINUES IN THIS DIRECTION ON HIS NEW LP WHICH I HAVE NOT HEARD YET.



THE SECOND, "BLACK MAGIC" BY MAGIC WANDS, DOES NOT QUITE HAVE THE SOUL OF YACHT'S OR DEASTRO'S TRACKS. IT ACTUALLY FEELS A LITTLE LIKE A CHEAP ATTEMPT TO CASH IN ON THIS YACHT-LIKE SOUND. BUT IT WORKS AS A SONG WHICH IS COOL, WHICH IS A NICE ALTERNATIVE, BECAUSE YACHT IS NOT SUPER COOL.

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PSYCHIC CITY
TREE FROG
BLACK MAGIC