"FLORA / on a dreary distant land / shines a castle made of gold / and in there lived a guy named Richard / he was rich and old..."
The recently released Official Video for "Flora" by the artfully odd and brilliant Vienna based band You and the Whose Armies (YATWA), and from their 2021 debut album KATAUNA KATA, seems to tell the all too common tale of old powerful men who seek young comely girls who would obviously fall madly in love with their controlling ways and saggy nick nacks. Still, YATWA render a painfully pretty song, laced with melancholia smartly laced throughout the musical narration floating on percolating guitar lines, swaying bass moves, shifting drums that paradiddle and highlight in emotional ways, all the while the vox and embracing harmonies are gorgeous and sad. When the massive walls of music stand like huge pedestals and the refrain, "men grow cold as girls grow old, men grow cold as girls grow old" it feels like a punch in the gut, maybe even more to a man like me who has daughters and know how many of the worlds assholes are mostly hetero males.
"Flora" stands as a darkly beautiful song that makes you think and even cringe.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/Youandthewhosearmies/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKUpR70CBRedfljz2CbXU2g
https://www.instagram.com/yatwa_official/
https://yatwa.com/
You and the Whose Armies - the new number one Rock'n'Roll-Band out of Vienna who get under your skin. Literally. At least under their own skin, as they decided to decorate each other with ink and needle. Front man Valentin opted for "KATAUNA KATA" on his feet, and just like that the title for their upcoming record in spring 2021 was born. The meaning may remain a mystery, but we all can be assured that this is going to be enormous. After all, it will remain on Valentin's feet forever. And we all just owe them for their sacrifice.
Well now, their first single: "Chihuahua" tells the story of a lifelong friendship between man and beast. First restraints soon pass by and both the little fella and its master feel a deep connection and urge to dance their Cha-Cha-Cha.
In YATWA's - yes, contractions are back in business - self-produced video, the story is conveyed in an audiovisual magnum opus. In controlled chaotic oscillation, professionalism meets trash, storytelling and vivid performance.
A sound that rocks and rolls without compromise consummates Chihuahua to the feel good hit of summer twenty twenty.
Fresh, avid and a bit off the wall. YATWA came through, they are craving for more, and they are into dogs. KATAUNA KATA, folks, KATAUNA KATA!
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We get by with a little help from our friends
You and the Whose Armies, indie rock, art rock, alt rock, indie pop, folk indie, Austria, "Flora", 2021 debut album "Katauna Kata", singer songwriter, DIY aesthetic,
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/Youandthewhosearmies/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKUpR70CBRedfljz2CbXU2g
https://www.instagram.com/yatwa_official/
https://yatwa.com/
You and the Whose Armies - the new number one Rock'n'Roll-Band out of Vienna who get under your skin. Literally. At least under their own skin, as they decided to decorate each other with ink and needle. Front man Valentin opted for "KATAUNA KATA" on his feet, and just like that the title for their upcoming record in spring 2021 was born. The meaning may remain a mystery, but we all can be assured that this is going to be enormous. After all, it will remain on Valentin's feet forever. And we all just owe them for their sacrifice.
Well now, their first single: "Chihuahua" tells the story of a lifelong friendship between man and beast. First restraints soon pass by and both the little fella and its master feel a deep connection and urge to dance their Cha-Cha-Cha.
In YATWA's - yes, contractions are back in business - self-produced video, the story is conveyed in an audiovisual magnum opus. In controlled chaotic oscillation, professionalism meets trash, storytelling and vivid performance.
A sound that rocks and rolls without compromise consummates Chihuahua to the feel good hit of summer twenty twenty.
Fresh, avid and a bit off the wall. YATWA came through, they are craving for more, and they are into dogs. KATAUNA KATA, folks, KATAUNA KATA!
* * *
We get by with a little help from our friends
You and the Whose Armies, indie rock, art rock, alt rock, indie pop, folk indie, Austria, "Flora", 2021 debut album "Katauna Kata", singer songwriter, DIY aesthetic,
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