Some bands we listen to... Scraps of Tape, Naan, Hologram, Four Tet, Panther Attack, Botch, Jatun, Tristeza, Pinback, Waxwing, Radiohead, Red Sparowes, Refused, Explosions in the Sky, Signal Hill, From Monument to Masses, The Appleseed Cast, 65 days of static, Desert City Soundtrack, Gingerbread Patriots, Sigur Ros, Dillinger Escape Plan, And A Few To Break, Blue Scholars, Common Market, Del, Album Leaf, Owen, Team Sleep, The Mercury Program, The Six Parts Seven, Sunny Day Real Estate, Smokers Die Younger, American Nightmare, Strike Anywhere, Fiest, Owls, Squarepusher, braid, Modest Mouse, Sparklehorse, Pedro the Lion, Minus the Bear, Johnny Cash, March 15th, The Cure, Do Make Say Think, Mogwai, Bright Eyes, Carissa’s Weird, The Clash, Interpol, Mirah, Three Mile Pilot, U2, The Weakerthans, Sharks Keep Moving, Mono, American Football, Systems Officer, Juno, Caspian, Joy Wants Eternity, Deftones, Te’...
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Live Show Reviews..."
"You.May.Die.In.The.Desert finished up the night, celebrating the release of their split record with Virginia band Gifts From Enola. It was a torrent of flying headstocks and authoritative rhythms from the get-go. All three members maintained this frantic energy throughout the set without sacrificing the polished musicianship that defines their aesthetic. They exhibited the stage presence of seasoned professionals, taking advantage of the extra real estate that their smaller lineup permitted. As bassist Brandon Salter dropped to his knees for the last beat of the last song, the curtain fell on an evening of savvy musicianship and diverse approaches to non-vocal rock."
-William Cremin (Performer Magazine)
I haven't seen a local band with more passion and fervor than you displayed on friday...technically you were amazing, and the intricacies of your song structures communicated well some of the more complex emotions I have ever seen expressed by a rock band....It was like touring a museum or something...your music did with sound what classical painters have done with brush, but with an intensely cool post modern flare..."
-James of Heliocentric
"You.May.Die.In.The.Desert impressed the hell out of me too. I think they are a perfect example of how different instrumental rock can sound when you really try to break out of the box. All three of these guys are amazingly good at their instruments and they use those skills to craft Don Caballero-esque songs that sound like you’re hearing them in that transitory state between waking and sleeping. I fully expect these guys to blow up the scene and get the recognition (and record contract) they deserve."
"You.May.Die.In.The.Desert are a notable Seattle Trio who play exciting instrumental tracks inspired by celebrated artists like Pinback, Juno, Explosions in the Sky, and old local favorites Sharks Keep Moving. Their songs boast beauty but with muscle–compositions leap forward and spin around, and there are moments where they get messy and distorted enough to make you feel a little dizzy..."
-Megan Seling (The Stranger)
Harmonic Motion Volume 1 Reviews...
"Harmonic Motion Volume 1 is an album of many surprises, all of them good. Both bands have grown by leaps and bounds since 2006, so much so that their current work is at times unrecognizable when compared to their former work. The two bands remain distinctive, and yet still make sense together. Most importantly, this album is stuffed with highlights and sounds great straight through..."8.5/10
-Richard Allen (The Silent Ballet)
"Hard-edged instrumental shoegaze-ish rock from a pair of very complementary bands. Strong composition and production."
-ADD Reviews
"YMDITD is the Damnation side with a softer more atmospheric post-rock sound. Structurally, their half is more experimental with the songs being more thematic than having any real form or build-up; a melody or idea is explored, developed, and discarded for another one. This approach works really well and, combined with catchy, accessible melodies, maintains my attention."
-Bernard Koch (www.sonicfrontiers.net)
Bears In The Yukon Reviews...
"Listening to the EP, it seems hard to believe that You.May.Die.In.The.Desert are only a three-piece, such is the chaotic nature of their music. Focusing on the use of elaborate fretwork and delay effects rather than adopting a typical 'quiet-loud' approach...You.May.Die.In.The.Desert successfully blur the boundaries between post-rock and jazz, although stylistically their sound is far removed from either of their better-known counterparts...with Bears In The Yukon, You.May.Die.In.The.Desert have recorded a solid, consistently good release."7.5/10
-Richard White (The Silent Ballet)
"The music is temporally challenging, as the delay effects overlap every note with the last, creating a frenzied, surreal stupor which hangs over the music. YMDITD's auditory approach is a nice addition to the US instrumental scene, which is largely pigeonholed into "bands that are loud" and "bands that are not loud." Bears in the Yukon sacrifices a few opportune moments to explode into a caccoon of noise and distortion for the opportunity to raise the level of sophistication by use of clever transitioning techniques. This is a band to watch out for in the future, and unsigned, how does that happen?"
-Jordan Volz (The Silent Ballet)
"Brightest new comer of math rock from Seattle, it might not be rumor that they are described as post Tortoise. The shift and slack of their intense sneaking closer to get us from the back.The waves of their sound with a peculiar heat are coming one after another in density, and the sound will strike us quite hard. The tightness of their ensemble as a 3-piece band will prove us their perfectionism and their sublime grimness."
You guys never cease to amaze me. I'm so mad that I missed your show after I vowed that I wouldn't. I swear, no matter what, I am going to the next one. You are awesome.
yo! ymditd! hook me up with your xbox gamertags! if you have em. we can play halo together! :D
and btw, i know ive said it a billion times, but your music makes me happy when im sad, and chills me when im pissed :) i just got a paypal, and imma buy your merch. haha
hey now, "tard" isn't very pc these days. I prefer to be called "special". you jerks need to get your butts over to the east coast so we play/chill to the max
so, looks like cheyenne also has a show in Vancouver(oregon area) i gotta figure out a way to play both... would you rather play later or earlier? june 28th.
