Kevin Bronson on July 17th, 2014

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Paris Yavuz came to making music in a circuitous way: In 2008, Yavuz’ father Peter Haskell, from whom he was mostly estranged, was fatally shot in a much-celebrated incident in downtown Los Angeles. Not long after, one of his father’s friends, Beth Thompson of Medicine, dropped by Yavuz’s apartment with a truckload of his father’s musical equipment. And so began the youngster’s immersion in music and his road to becoming Popheart. His forthcoming EP “More Me Less You” is beautiful, brooding pop echoing post-punks such as Joy Division and New Order, as well as Berlin-era Bowie. For his part, Yavuz cops to an affection for the Smith and Orange Juice, but wherever he’s coming from and however he is doing it (mostly DIY), Popheart has made it to a very good place.

||| Stream: “Stare,” “I Never Thought I’d Want to Be Without You” and “At the Curio”

Photo by Rebecca Peloquin

||| Also: After the jump, check out the remarkable one-take video for “Stare”:

The video for “Star,” directed and shot by Jacki Moonves in one take, features dancer Sammy Boje, along with Popheart’s Paris Yavuz, Karen Joyce Herrera and Paul Richter.