Yukon Blonde
Members: Graham Jones, Jeffrey Innes, Brandon Scott, James Younger, Rebecca Gray
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
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, “we needed a moment out to figure it out.”
Ultimately for Innes, and original members Graham Jones (drums), and Brandon Scott (guitar), a welcome break from the day-to-day trials and tribulations of band life created the space needed for reflection on Yukon Blonde’s collective future. More importantly, it forged an atmosphere of creative freedom and limitless possibility in both the writing and recording processes, says Innes: “the sketches, the ideas…I made them outside of the band, which is not unique to this record. But the realization of the songs, the production of the album was more far more collaborative than ever before.”
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
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, “we needed a moment out to figure it out.”
Ultimately for Innes, and original members Graham Jones (drums), and Brandon Scott (guitar), a welcome break from the day-to-day trials and tribulations of band life created the space needed for reflection on Yukon Blonde’s collective future. More importantly, it forged an atmosphere of creative freedom and limitless possibility in both the writing and recording processes, says Innes: “the sketches, the ideas…I made them outside of the band, which is not unique to this record. But the realization of the songs, the production of the album was more far more collaborative than ever before.”