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Ya Tseen is always bringing fresh art. Such a full sound this record is a journey. Love the vocals on this track
Favorite track: Get Yourself Together.
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
A copy of "Indian Yard" on CD.
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Deluxe Edition is pressed on clear vinyl and includes a 24-page hardcover LP-sized book with covers featuring a sci-fi landscape populated by a toddler wearing artist Merritt Johnson’s sculpture Mindset, a VR headset woven from sweetgrass. The interior art was designed by Galanin.
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Black Vinyl
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A copy of "Indian Yard" on vinyl.
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1. Knives (Feat. Portugal. The Man)
Produced by tunia
Composed by Nicholas Galanin and Benjamin Verdoes
Lyrics by Nicholas Galanin and Benjamin Verdoes
Arrangements by Ya Tseen
Engineered by Nicholas Galanin in Sitka, Alaska
Nicholas Galanin - Vocals, Synths
Zak D. Wass - Guitar, Bass
Benjamin Verdoes - Drums, Keys, Backing Vocals, Beat
John Gourley - Vocals, Backing Vocals
Dan Duszynski - Guitar, Tambourine
Jesse Hughey - Synths
Anton Patzner - Vocal edits
2. Light the Torch
Produced & engineered by Nicholas Galanin in Sitka, AK
Composed by Nicholas Galanin, Zak D. Wass, and Benjamin Verdoes
Lyrics by Nicholas Galanin
Nicholas Galanin - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synths, Beat
Zak D. Wass - Guitar, Bass
Benjamin Verdoes - Backing Vocals
Ed Littlefield - Drums
Anton Patzner - Vocal edits
3. Born Into Rain (feat. rum.gold and tunia)
Produced by tunia
Composed by Nicholas Galanin, Delonte Drumgold, and Benjamin Verdoes
Lyrics by Nicholas Galanin, Delonte Drumgold, and Benjamin Verdoes
Engineered by Benjamin Verdoes
Recorded in Sitka, AK and Seattle, WA.
Nicholas Galanin - Vocals, Synths
Zak D. Wass - Guitar
Benjamin Verdoes - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keys, Synths, Beat
Delonte Drumgold - Vocals
Haley Deckle - Backing Vocals
Sam Miller - Keys
Anton Patzner - Vocal edits
4. At Tugáni
Produced by Ya Tseen
Composed by Nicholas Galanin, Otis Calvin III, and Zak D. Wass
Lyrics by Nicholas Galanin and Otis Calvin III
Engineered by Nicholas Galanin in Sitka, AK
Nicholas Galanin - Vocals, Synths, Guitar, Ukulele, Beat
Zak D. Wass - Guitar, Bass
Otis Calvin III - Keys, Backing Vocals
Erik Blood - Backing Vocals
Qacung - Backing Vocals
Ed Littlefield - Drums
5. Get Yourself Together
Produced by Ya Tseen
Composed by Otis Calvin III, Nicholas Galanin, and Zak D. Wass
Lyrics by Otis Calvin III and Nicholas Galanin
Engineered by Nicholas Galanin in Sitka, AK
Recorded in Sitka, AK
Nicholas Galanin - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synth
Otis Calvin III - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Drums, Guitar, Synth, Beats
Zak D. Wass - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Benjamin Verdoes - Synth, Beat
Erik Blood - Backing Vocals, Bass
Qacung - Vocals, Backing Vocals
6. Close the Distance
Produced by tunia
Composed by Nicholas Galanin and Benjamin Verdoes
Lyrics by Nicholas Galanin and Benjamin Verdoes
Recorded in Sitka, AK
Nicholas Galanin - Vocals, Keys, Synths
Benjamin Verdoes - Vocals, Keys, Synths, Beat
Budo - Keys, Beat
Simon Nicol - Beat
7. We Just Sit and Smile Here in Silence
Produced by Nicholas Galanin
Composed by Nicholas Galanin, Jesse Hughey, and Zak D. Wass
Lyrics by Nicholas Galanin
Recorded and Engineered by Nicholas Galanin in Sitka, AK
8. A Feeling Undefined (Feat. Nick Hakim and Iska Dhaaf)
Produced by tunia
Composed by Nicholas Galanin and Benjamin Verdoes
Lyrics by Nicholas Galanin, Nate Quiroga, and Benjamin Verdoes
Recorded in Sitka, AK and New York, NY
Nicholas Galanin - Vocals, Synth, Beat
Otis Calvin III - Backing Vocals
Zak D. Wass - Guitar
Benjamin Verdoes - Drums, Synth, Backing Vocals, Beat
Nick Hakim - Vocals, Synth
Nate Quiroga - Vocals
Dan Duszynski - Bass
Anton Patzner - Vocal Edits
9. Synthetic Gods (Feat. Shabazz Palaces and Stas THEE Boss)
Produced by Nicholas Galanin and tunia
Composed by Nicholas Galanin
Lyrics by Nicholas Galanin, Ishmael Butler, and Stasia Irons
Engineered by Nicholas Galanin
Recorded in Sitka, AK, Seattle, WA and New York, NY
Nicholas Galanin - Vocals, Synth
Benjamin Verdoes - Beat
Shabazz Palaces - Vocals
Stas THEE Boss - Vocals
Otis Calvin III - Backing Vocals
10. Gently to the Sun (feat. Tay Sean)
Produced by Nicholas Galanin and Benjamin Verdoes
Composed by Nicholas Galanin
Lyrics by Adrian Matejka and Nicholas Galanin
Arranged by Benjamin Verdoes
Recorded and Engineered by Nicholas Galanin in Sitka, AK
Nicholas Galanin - Vocals, Bass, Synth, Beat
Otis Calvin III - Drums, Backing Vocals
Zak D Wass - Guitar
Tay Sean - Vocals
Jesse Hughley - Drums, Bass
11. Back In That Time (Feat. Qacung)
Produced by Nicholas Galanin and tunia
Composed by Nicholas Galanin, Zak D. Wass, and Benjamin Verdoes
Lyrics by Qacung
Recorded and Engineered by Nicholas Galanin in Sitka, AK
Nicholas Galanin - Synth, Beat
Zak D. Wass - Guitar
Benjamin Verdoes - Drums, Beat
Qacung - Vocals
Tracks 1, 2, 6 and 8 mixed by Dan Duszynski @ Dandysounds in Dripping Springs, Texas
Tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10 mixed by by Erik Blood in Los Angeles, CA
Track 11 mixed by Steve Fisk in Seattle, WA
All tracks mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Nicholas Galanin is one of the most vital voices in contemporary art. Born in Sheet’ka (Sitka, Alaska), Galanin is Tlingit
and Unangax̂ and creates from his perspective as an Indigenous man. Alongside bandmates Zak D. Wass and Otis Calvin III (OC Notes), Galanin brings this experience to bear as Ya Tseen....more
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
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Lost track of these guys for a couple years, then saw the Tiny Desk concert come up in my feed. I've had the album on loop on Spotify since Friday.
This song in particular has been stuck in my head all afternoon. quiksilv26
