Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

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YUKON BLONDE Yukon Blonde’s third album, On Blonde, is the product of an intense period of personal escapism. “These songs weren’t initially created with an album in mind,” explains front man Jeffrey Innes. “I started fooling around with drum machines and synthesizers and recording demos in Ableton. There was no end-point. I didn’t know if there’d be another Yukon Blonde record. ”In the past, the group had pumped out two albums worth of energetic indie pop music with a handful of EPs in between. But constant touring and compromises to the collective vision for the band had left Yukon Blonde exhausted, “I think we were all unsure as to the direction we were heading in. Coupled with living out of suitcases and sweating it out in an Econoline van for years,” he continues,... more...