Back in the celebrated and white-washed era known as ‘back in the day,’ I played my fair share of house shows. In fact, even though I barely have my ear to the ground about anything anymore, when my old ears connect with bits of obscure information, I’m still apt to show up at the home of some stranger to see some band alongside 20-25 other strangers. House shows are always simultaneously the best and worst live show experiences. Best, because you can get right down and dirty with a band without the luxury of paying service charges/fees to Ticketmaster or Live Nation and witness the rare sighting of living room mosh pits and/or kitchen crowd surfing. Worst, because there’s a good chance anyone who’d let a bunch of strangers run rampant in their abode already isn’t too concerned with cleanliness and you’re usually cheating some sort of bacterial infection by leaning on the kitchen counter, let alone daring to use the bathroom.
Seattle-based, Botch-loving, post-metallic noise rockers Yellfire are two weeks out from the release of their debut full-length, Dear Gods, which follows in the long shadow of their 2019 EP Lara Flynn Boyle. In advance of Dear Gods’ November 15th release on Ghost is Clear Records, today we’re premiering the video for the first single entitled “Wabi Sabi” instead of zero-ing in on the fact that said forthcoming album features guest appearances by John Pettibone (Undertow, Himsa, Heiress), Demian Johnston (Great Falls, Kiss It Goodbye, Playing Enemy), Matt Bayles (Minus the Bear), Ben Verellen (Harkonen, Helms Alee) and was mastered by Cult of Luna’s Magnus Lingberg.
Says guitarist/vocalist Jerome Sauer about the song and video, which was shot at a house show in Bellingham, WA last month: “’Wabi Sabi’ is a Japanese concept that finds beauty in imperfection. I find soothing tranquility in the chaotic music I love to write and listen to, and there’s a reflection between ‘beauty in imperfection’ and ‘finding peace in chaos.’ This song, moving from 1000 to one and back again, embodies that idea.” Not to mention the imperfect beauty and chaos of throwing, attending and playing a show in a house you don’t live in.
“Wabi Sabi” was shot and edited by Clyde Petersen, whose credits include Even Hell Has Its Heroes, a documentary about the band Earth: https://www.clydepetersen.com/even-hell-has-its-heroes-2023
Dear Gods was recorded by Jason Sissoyev at The Unknown, a converted church in Anacortes, WA co-owned by Mt. Eerie’s Phil Elverum; additional tracking was done with Derek Moree (Pelican, The Sword) at The Boiler Room in Seattle. It was mixed by Matt Bayles and mastered by Magnus Lindberg.
*picture by Taylor Jones
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