Yawning Sons came about via a collaboration between two instrumental bands from different sides of the Atlantic. Last year, Gary Arce from legendary US desert/psych veterans YAWNING MAN (and Fatso Jetson/Ten East/Dark Tooth Encounter) was invited over to the UK to produce a new album by the instrumental progressive electro stoner riff-rock outfit, SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI. Upon arrival, they started jamming it out in the studio and by day's end they realised they'd tapped into something special. The idea of Arce simply "producing" was scrapped. With both acts heading the musical direction, over the course of a week they wrote and recorded an entire album's worth of material together and came to the conclusion that a whole new entity had been born. It is called YAWNING SONS.
With sound files subsequently flying back and forth across the ocean there's now been the additional contributions of lap steel from Gary, as well as vocals from YAWNING MAN veteran Mario Lalli, Scott Reeder and Wendy Rae Fowler. This is truly where the Californian desert heat has met the chilled Kent coast. How to describe Yawning Sons? It's not simply "Yawning Man-meets-Sons Of Alpha Centauri". One listen to the album evokes the sounds and textures of a dozen different outfits. One of the workers in the studio was heard uttering the words, "Cor blimey, this sounds like Dick Dale playing with Can!". I'll second that notion. Or think Syd-period 'Floyd decking the halls with some vintage Meat Puppets. Or... wait 'til it comes out. You'll be surprised. It's gonna be good, and it's not what you expect.
- Dave Lang, Lexicon Devil Records
"For me it was one of the coolest things I have ever done musically. Never meeting SOAC in person,only communicating through e-mails. When I flew to England I was a little nervous. We never discussed songs,writing etc. I am used to jamming and improvising but this was different. First day I met them I knew it was going to be cool. Easy going, mellow no hang-ups, just into music and making it as interesting and beautiful as possible. First jam session I felt like I have known these guys forever. There was an instant musical connection. The ideas started flowing like a flood. We were exchanging melodies and piecing together a sound. We had only played together two and a half days and went in the studio. I wanted more and wished I could stay. I hope the recording captured the emotion and intensity everyone involved that short week had felt. Thats what musics all about." Gary Arce - September 2008
‘Yawning Sons’ available exclusively through Lexicon Devil Records...
