Adam Stafford,
Tommy Blair,
Steven Tosh,
Jamie Macleod
Influences
Hasil Adkins, Blind Willie Johnson, American Cinematographer Magazine, Immortal Technique, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the kid that chinks up the sun with a coin at the end of "Me & You & Everyone We Know", Jandek, Autechre, Earth, Lightning Bolt, Sunn O))), Cannibal Ox, Oxbow, Davey Pajo, K Records, The Handsome Family, Phil Spector wall-of-sound, Rev. Gary Davis, Joe Bussard (www.vintage78.com), Cocorosie, Daniel Johnson, Neily Young, Whiskeytown, Ruins, Hey Enemy, Skip James, Dr. John (Gris-gris period), Colleen, Alan Bissett, Leonard Cohen, Clara Clara, Fly Pan AM, Albini/Electrical drum sound, Fisterectomy, Super Furry Animals, Kool Keith, The Damned, Lambchop, The Birthday Party, The Boss, Black Elf Speaks, Dallas String Band, Dock Boggs, Boris, Werner Herzog, Fridge, Low, Dave Bowie, Led Zepplin, AFX Twin, The Scrotal A-Symmetry in Man and Ancient Sculpture, Nick Drake, Susumu Yokota, anything on the Dust-To-Digital, Yazoo or Old Hat labels, Iron & Wine, Will Oldham in his various guises including all the Palace stuff and The Continental Op. Oh, and Mercury Rev's "Deserter's Songs" is the best album ever commited to 35mm magnetic film.
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Our 3 albums, "In Faceless Towns Forever" (2006), "Rescue Weekend" (2008), "No Ceremony" (2008) and "Infanticidal Genuflector: Selected Film Soundtrack Work 06/07" are now available from our ONLINE SHOP and from the following outlets: Avalanche Records Glasgow/Edinburgh (UK).
All about Y'all is Fantasy Island
Y'all is Fantasy Island are a group from Falkirk, Central Scotland. They are specialists in most styles, mainly; melancholic acoustic folk, bombastic rock/pop and steamtrain thrash-blues grunge. In the past two years they have been honoured to have played alongside The Handsome Family, Radar Brothers, De Rosa, Frightend Rabbit, Thomas Truax, Alan Bissett, Broken Records, The Veils and many other fine folks.
Y'all is Fantasy Island's debut album "In Faceless Towns Forever" was recorded in an abandoned house late in August of 2005 in a 19 hour session and is available now (see nice reviews below).
YIFI issued their 2nd LP "Rescue Weekend" (see blogs for reviews), in May 2008 and their 3rd, "No Ceremony" in November of the same year (see blogs also). Also in December 08 they issued a compilation of film soundrack work entitled "Infanticidal Genuflector" on limited release CDR and FREE download from WINNING SPERM PARTY. It was their 3rd LP in 2008.
*Footnote: In January 2007 Adam Stafford and former YIFI drummer Jon McCall's side project, Size Of Kansas issued their album "Digital is Dead From the Beginning". The LP was unfettered to the pulic on 10 limited CDRs.
The album has been re-released by Wise Blood Industries. You can download it FREE here: http://www.wisebloodindustries.com/releases/digital-is-dead-from-the-beginning-free-download/
FOR BOOKING ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT GYLLA AT YIFIMUSIC@GMAIL.COM OR DIRECTLY THROUGH THIS MYSPACE PAGE
PRAISE FOR "IN FACELESS TOWNS FOREVER":
"Falkirk's Y'all is Fantasy Island temper their knowing indie literacy with pretence-free presentation, their faded polaroid confessionals created from with bowed guitar and cold, sepulchral drone." - Plan B Magazine (Louis Pattison)
"Debut LP ..In Faceless Towns Forever' is a ragged and melancholic album that could be the soundtrack to a small-town Scottish indie movie. Beneath the delicately plucked acoustic guitars, smattered with echoing clarinet and percussion, lies the hiss of distortion continually threatening to emerge." - The Metro (Stuart Ross)
"A sombre collection of sparsely arranged melancholy... the atmospheric whole leaves goosebumps and settles the listener into staring blankly from the window for some time afterwards." 4/5 - The List Magazine (Mark Edmundson)
"YiFI create a poignant outsider soundscape, full of hurt and longing... Folk rock, country and Americana are all brought into the mix on
this powerfully moving album." - Scottish Daily Record (Rick Fulton)
"Sparse yet evocative acoustic creations with percussion, clarinet and the occasional, arresting thrash of electric guitar. ‘In Faceless Towns Forever’ is a testament to the extraordinary creative possibilities afforded by a few friends getting together and putting their heart into the music, free from all the machinations and pretensions of the music industry." 4/5 - Skinny Magazine (Nick Mitchell)
"Think King Creosote after a night on the fags with John Martyn... despite the sombre feel, you can't fail to be uplifted by the sheer majesty of the songs here. With the trio somehow marrying Leonard Cohen with famous fellow Bairns Arab Strap, the town may not be faceless for much longer." 5/5 - Isthismusic? Magazine (Donald Bush)
You can read these full reviews at www.yifi.co.uk in the "Press" section!
This is just a wee invite to my album launch at Pivo Pivo on Friday. Cost £3/2, free 'introduction' on the door, with good support band, nice venue (Waterloo Street, near yer work Adam).
Starts at 7pm. Surely if Take That can get 150000 fans at Hampden, I can get a few thousand at Pivo Pivo. See you there.
Check out Y'all is Fantasy Island on Wayango (www.wayango.com). If you love them as much as we do, share your reviews, trivia, ratings and photos here.
Seems pretty likely. My girlfriend's last exam is on the 22nd so I'll be back in Glasgow to get her drunk. I plan to turn up to Halt still squiffy and in the same clothes. If you play PA to the CEO of EMI I'll take them off.
The 23rd seems a long way off. My last exam is on Wednesday so I'm in the strange situation that Wed afternoon seems distant and enticing, while Wed morning feels suffocatingly close.
Yo. Come see me in Stirling in the latter half of April. I know how to make my laptop work properly these days. Totally coming to see you at Hinterland. It'll be a right hoot.
Whilst in Germany at the weekend,we visited one of the MANY sex shops in Frankfurt,and to our surprise,we saw a pink vibrating object and its name....? Fantasy Island!!Obviously I took a picture : )
how's it going? - sorry I've not been in touch - took some time out to recharge the batteries and now checkin' out what's going on in Falkirk and getting the site etc back up and running
