{"id":79617,"date":"2019-05-29T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=79617"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:18:31","slug":"review-yonaka-dont-wait-til-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-yonaka-dont-wait-til-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Yonaka &#8211; Don&#8217;t Wait &#8216;Til Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-79619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Yonaka_DontWaitTilTomorrow-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Yonaka_DontWaitTilTomorrow-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Yonaka_DontWaitTilTomorrow.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Yonaka<\/strong> are aiming high. They\u2019re ambitious and it\u2019s shown after a prolific few years. Trading on a robust pop sound with a rock edge, they released a seemingly endless series of singles and short EPs. It\u2019s worked well, allowing them to experiment while securing notable support and festival slots. On last year\u2019s two EPs, \u2018<em>Teach Me To Fight<\/em>\u2019 and \u2018<em>Creature<\/em>\u2019, they first blasted out direct pop-hooks then explored deeper sounds, setting the stage for their debut album. \u2018<em>Don&#8217;t Wait &#8216;Til Tomorrow<\/em>\u2019 continues where they left off and they aren\u2019t looking back.<\/p>\n<p>Opener \u2018<em>Bad Company<\/em>\u2019 wastes no time, drawing you in with a hypnotic bassline a sultry vocal. Yet, it doesn\u2019t go as hard as you expect. Right there you realise this isn\u2019t a straightforward pop record. You\u2019re not going to be handed satisfaction on a plate. Instead they embrace the electronic edge, artfully weaving together pop and rock sounds to create a spiderweb you\u2019ll be unable to escape from.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YONAKA: Don&#039;t Wait &#039;Til Tomorrow [OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO]\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9KqIqVLABgo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Each song flexes its muscles in different ways. Bigger guitar riffs add weight to \u2018<em>Punch Bag<\/em>\u2019 whereas \u2018<em>Awake<\/em>\u2019 is underscored by a nightmarish synthetic soundscape. The sprinkling of 90\u2019s synths on &#8216;<em>Rockstar<\/em>&#8216; are never overpowering, which helps to push the modern sound. However, you might have to forgive a little awkwardness, the club-bothering \u2018<em>Lose Our Heads<\/em>\u2019 is oddly safe compared to everything else.<\/p>\n<p>The album\u2019s real allure lies in singer Theresa Jarvis\u2019 unusual relationship to melody and often the biggest hooks don\u2019t appear where you expect. Especially as the way she rapidly spits phrases, cleverly catching you out during verses. It&#8217;s both exciting and fascinating. \u2018<em>Punch Bag<\/em>\u2019 is like fighting a vocal boxer. Hooks fly in from left and right, knocking you flat with their unexpected power.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Yonaka<\/strong> are serious about their music. \u2018<em>Don&#8217;t Wait &#8216;Til Tomorrow<\/em>\u2019 is bursting with creativity and you&#8217;re not getting a free ride. Rather than grab you, its bold and uncompromising vision subtly reaches out and pulls you below the surface.<\/p>\n<p>4\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Don&#8217;t Wait &#8216;Til Tomorrow<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>Yonaka<\/strong> is released on 31st May on <strong>Asylum Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yonaka<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/weareyonaka.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fb.com\/weareYONAKA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weareYONAKA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weareyonaka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Artfully weaving together pop and rock\u2026 \u2018Don&#8217;t Wait &#8216;Til Tomorrow\u2019 is bursting with creativity&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":79619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,17024,17023,15621,15778],"class_list":["post-79617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-asylum-records","tag-dont-wait-til-tomorrow","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-yonaka"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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