Stream: yOya, ‘New Friends’
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The folk music of L.A. duo yOya has a big heart (and a very human one) with an electronic pulse. Boyhood pals and sublime harmonizers Alex Pfender and Noah Dietterich have been doing the delicate dance between organic and electronic sounds ever since they came to L.A. from their native Oregon some years ago. And it’s a sound they mastered on last year’s sophomore album, “The Half Turn.”
The duo, joined on that album by drummer Ian Meltzer, return today with the new single “New Friends,” a wistful song about how friendships can change that recalls the fresh-faced passion of Local Natives. It’s the first tune yOya has released since last summer’s “The Half Turn.” “The song is about feeling replaceable,” Pfender says, “and how that experience can feel like the world is trying to reshape you into someone more callous, more mean.”
Think about your old pals while listening to “New Friends.”
||| Stream: “New Friends”
||| Live: yOya, along with Austin Weber, play the Moroccan Lounge on June 23. Tickets.
||| Previously: “I Don’t Wanna Fight,” “The Bloom,” “The Heartwood” (video), “The Heartwood” (stream), “Fools Gold” (video), “Fools Gold” (stream)
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