Onze laatste liverecensie.
Onze laatste albumrecensie.
Ons laatste interview.
Onze laatste video.
The Yearlings are currently hanging out in Barn in the Meadow, which is the studio where you
started recording the very first album on May the 24th. How is the recording going so far?
"Fine. At this stage it wouldn't be wise to say much more."
Who is going to release the album? And when do you think the album is going to be released?
"To both questions the uninspiring answer is: We don't know yet. We are making the record
without any prior contact with a record company, and we hope we will be able to sell the final
product. This gives us the ultimate freedom to do what we want the way we want it. It's more or
less the way John Hiatt works these days."
Speaking of the debut album, Wouter Planteijdt is producing the album. He is also the singer
for the band Sjako! How did you meet, and what's it like to work with him?
"He's not just the singer: Don't forget his guitar work. We met him through Herman Gaaff, our
bass player, who knew him and thought the combination would work. It does indeed: His ear for
detail is wonderful, and he knows how to get the best performances out of us."
Can you tell us something about the songs on the album? What can people expect from the
Yearlings?
"People who saw us live know the basic material: All of the songs that we are recording have
been tried and tested on the road. For people who haven't heard us: It's going to be a record full
of catchy songs with hopefully some emotional twang in it. We are trying to make it diverse - rock,
bluegrassy, country as well as pure pop - but it should definitely have one general flow."
Will there also be any covers on the new album? I know you've been playing some Uncle Tupelo
songs on stage.
"Wilco and Son Volt in fact, but we're not going to record these. There's plenty of original
material, and it's going to be damn hard to pick just twelve songs."
How did you hook up with Rene van Barneveld? He used to be in the noisy rock/rap Urban Dance
Squad, but now he is with the Yearlings playing the pedal steel, right? I think it's wonderful to
have him as a special guest, but don't you think it's a big difference compared to the metal funk
of Urban Dance Squad?
"He heard us play in Tivoli and liked the repertoire, at least enough to want to try and add
pedal steel, an instrument he had picked up seriously about a year ago. As for noisy metal funk:
The difference in taste isn't nearly as big as you would expect.
"
You probably didn't grow up on a farm somewhere in the southern US. How did you get influenced
by country music?
"This question will get you different answers from each of the band members. One thing is
probably similar though: Alt.country brought back a genuine new feel to guitar rock, which
appealed to us in the early 90s."
The Yearlings formed in 1999, but how did you meet?
"Léon Geuyen and Olaf Koeneman started the band as a side project from a band called Slurf,
with Niels Goudswaard. Herman Gaaff joined in a very classic fashion: Olaf was putting up a sign
on the bulletin board of Herman's store Stand-By: "Wanted: bass player for country band", to which
he replied: "Well, I can do that." Bertram Mourits joined after talking to Olaf - they had been
working at the same place for years, but music had never been the subject until then."
And now I have a tough question. How would you define alternative country?
"Country for the 00s. Country without the 10-gallon hat. Country that Nashville doesn't like.
Country with a punk sensibility."
Are there any records from other acts that you recommend?
"No. Buy our first album. Well, OK then: Amongst our recommendations would be Pawtuckets,
Whiskeytown, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Jayhawks, and Son Volt."
I've read that you are a big fan of Uncle Tupelo as well. The new Wilco album will soon be
released. But which one do you prefer, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy or Son Volt's Jay Farrar, and why?
"Another one of those questions that will get you different answers. Our compromise answer:
Whiskeytown's Ryan Adams. Our drummer insists on mentioning the name Jay Farrar though, and the
slide player mutters: Bottle Rockets' Brian Henneman. Besides that are tastes are diverse: stuff
like Gillian Welch, Richard Buckner, Blue Mountain, Bellwether, Farmer Not So John, Slaid Cleaves,
Ron Sexsmith, Stacey Earle, Buddy Miller, Greg Trooper, Old 97s, and Emmylou Harris..."
I don't think you can make a living out of the music. What do the band members of the Yearlings
do aside from making music?
"Music store, publishing house, university, physiotherapy, translation work. You do the math
and make the matches."
Are you enjoying the sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll lifestyle? Or do you already deal with the
difficulties of the music business?
"The answer to the previous question should give you some insight."
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