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Yves Klein Blue
Indie / Rock / Soul

Ragged & Ecstatic album June 26



Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

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Member Since4/29/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.yveskleinblue.com
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Getting Wise

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GETTING WISE (single) out now
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"YVES KLEIN BLUE DRAW ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES"
featuring
"POLKA" and "SILENCE IS DISTANCE"


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Michael Tomlinson - Vox/Guitar
Charles Sale - Lead Guitar
Sean Cook - Bass
Chris Banham - Drums

MANAGEMENT:
Meg Horan (meg.horan@secret-service.com.au)

BOOKINGS (AUSTRALIA):
Evan Davis (evan@villagesounds.com)

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Influences

In no particular order: The Clash, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, David, Sedaris, Asho, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, The Specials, Elvis Costello, Walt WhitmanDelta Spirit, Eddie Current Suppression Ring, The Gin Club, Tom Waits, Kerouac, Robert Frank, Echo & The Bunnymen, Muddy Waters, BB King, The Jam, The Bronx, All Forms Of Whisky, Pies with Mashed Potatoes and Peas and Gravy and Onions, Apple Computers, the Ramones, Antony and The Johnsons, THE BAND, Ben Kweller, DYLAN, WAITS, STRUMMER, REED<<< The Go Betweens and The Saints, The John Steel(e hahah) Singers, The Buzzcocks, BOWIE, Fantastic Sex, Beer, Souvlaki, The Velvet Underground, Kyuss, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, The Libertines, Big Star, Television, Junkie Jane, The Strokes, FNB, The Mighty Boosh, Late Nights, Scenester Backlash!, Cold War Kids, Pub Rock, LEGO®, Large Mobile Phone Bills - The Live Show, Cronenberg, Birthday Cards, Ducks, Smelly Bandrooms, Stale Beer, Mi Goreng, Gin Rampages '06, Skinny Jeans, Loose Jeans, No Jeans, Shorts and Thongs, Dresses, Make Up, No Make Up, Mi-Sex Records, Tin Tin, Napalm Death, Nylon Flatwounds, Vijay Khurana, Paintbrushes, Chromacryl®, Canvas on Sale, Eckersleys, Milton Maccas, Junction Express, D-Wizz & Wizzard! Studios, Honda and Mitsubishi, The Rolling Stones, Microsleeps, Nigel, Japanese Food, Movies, Gumby, Video Games, Myspace, The Internet, Porn, Winter, Summer, Unwashed Hair, Sobriety, Drunkenness, Stupidity, The Environment, The Climate, The Lack of Water, Anarchy, Politics, Things I don't understand, The Moon, Clouds, Claymation, Spraypaint, Pets, Brickwalls, Medium Density Fibreboard, The Buzzcocks, Rising Fuel Prices, Tabloid Journalism, Cheap Indie "Zines", Overwhelming Cities, Smurfs, Coral, Disney, Elephants, India, Blu Tack, Polaroids, Digital Cameras, Phone Cameras, Ball Point Pens, Acne Gel, Pay Slips, Casual Jobs, Sunglasses, Broken Sunglasses, Late Night Rage, Monty Python, Video Tapes, DVD, Burnt CDs, Oxygen, Sandwiches, Tomato, Cheese, Salt & Pepper, Censoring Myself, Wrapping Paper, Punctuation, Brisbane, Being at Home, Nali sometimes, IKB and Yves Klein.

Sounds LikeAnother ol' band. But hopefully not too much.
Record LabelDew Process
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 17 2009 8:00P
Norfolk Basement Fremantle, Western Australia
Jul 18 2009 8:00P
Amplifier Bar Perth, Western Australia
Jul 24 2009 8:00P
Dew Process Pre-Splendour Party @ Great Northern Hotel (sold Out) Byron Bay, New South Wales
Jul 25 2009 1:00P
Splendour In The Grass Festival Byron Bay, New South Wales
Jul 28 2009 8:00P
The Metro supporting The White Lies (UK) ALL AGES + licensed Sydney, New South Wales
Jul 30 2009 8:00P
The Hi Fi Bar supporting The White Lies (UK) Melbourne, Victoria
Sep 17 2009 8:00P
The Tivoli supporting Wolfmother Brisbane, Queensland
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
Enmore Theatre supporting Wolfmother sydney, New South Wales
Sep 23 2009 8:00P
Capitol supporting Wolfmother Perth, Western Australia
Sep 24 2009 8:00P
HQ Live supporting Wolfmother Adelaide, South Australia
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
The Palace supporting Wolfmother melbourne, Victoria
Sep 26 2009 8:00P
Pier Hotel Supporting Wolfmother Frankston, Victoria

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   About Yves Klein Blue


by Bronwyn Thompson

Everyone searches for their place, but along the way it’s easy to forget that the real essence of living is to engage in it, to not only experience it but embrace the chaos and uncertainty and elation and pain and everything in between. As Jack Kerouac so poignantly and simply put it, it’s the ragged and ecstatic joy of pure being. It’s this desire to experience and live all life has to offer that so brilliantly pervades Brisbane’s Yves Klein Blue debut album, fittingly called Ragged & Ecstatic.

“That summed up the whole experience; everything that’s on the album is about being alive and finding out about the world and your place in it,” frontman Michael Tomlinson explains. “It was the dilemma taking up a lot of my thoughts during the past couple of years: What is this place and where do I fit in? What do I have to do? And the highs and the lows – that’s what life is.”

The past couple of years have seen Yves Klein Blue (“Eve Kline Blue”) walk a path of highs. From the moment schoolmates Tomlinson and guitarist Charles Sale bonded over a love of music and realised their aspirations stretched far beyond their jam room, their path was set. Adding drummer Chris Banham and bassist Sean Cook, the quartet quickly and organically crafted their own sound that swam against the tide of the music scene around them. And with their 2008 debut EP Draw Attention To Themselves and single “Polka” leading the way, the band’s skewed and playful pop hooks, refreshing rhythms and Tomlinson’s way with words, Yves Klein Blue sounded fresh but timeless, classicism mixed with youthful vigour. Incredibly, the four were barely out of their teens.

“We all like certain styles of music, but it’s impossible to be everything to everyone,” says Sale. “We realise that, so we strive for more. It’s not like we’re after Top 40 commercial status, but we want – as difficult as it may be – to have a universal-reaching appeal. We want as many people to appreciate, or at least respond, to our music. We try to make music that more people want to enjoy. And you might not want to take a risk with it, but it creates a good result.”

“We’re a band that’s influenced by not only new music but a lot of great older bands and classic recordings,” Cook says. “And there’s a certain vibe and feeling that wells up when you listen to those records. We talked about making our first record years ago – and I think Michael’s been thinking about his first record since he was an embryo.”

But first they had their own story on the road to write, as they built a reputation for energetic and resonating live performances that showcased their self-belief and talent. Relentless touring at home and abroad set them in good steed for their debut album and, in hindsight, also went a long way to inspiring it.

So with eight months of preparation under their belts, Yves Klein Blue ventured into the industrial wasteland of North Hollywood, piled into in a two-room flat and spent three months at Fairfax Studios pulling to pieces what they’d spent so long assembling. This unexpected and uncertain turn would prove to be masterful – even if it meant sleepless nights for Tomlinson, desperately scribbling new words in the bathroom at 4am, the only space in the flat that could be lit without disturbing the others.

“When we got to the studio we were confident,” Tomlinson says. “Then we tore apart every song we had and started again. That was a month ranging from total elation to total self-loathing.”

Recording with Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids), Yves Klein Blue learnt fast to objectively view their work. With a less-is-more approach to varied arrangements and an energised live-sounding set-up ensured Tomlinson’s impassioned and witty lyricism came to the fore.

“We went over there wanting to do a live album, but Kevin made us realise the potential of what we could do with the songs,” Banham says. “We had a massive room where there was no reverb and the walls were padded, so you could put an amp in the middle of the space, mic it up, and it’d just capture a natural sound, a live vibe.”

“Kevin was the man that said: ‘Is this good enough?’ That was his challenge,” Tomlinson says. “And the challenge issued was the extra five per cent, which was the difference between what we thought was great and something beyond what we thought we could ever do. The five per cent between good and excellent is so important. So the challenge he issued was a big factor on the record.”

“We started much less selfishly putting the songs together,” Cook says. “Instead of having certain indulgences, we stripped it back to what was like our modus operandi in many ways: to make a pop record we were proud of and we could call great.”

Great is a word that understates Ragged & Ecstatic, an album that subtly and cleverly captures the exuberance and experience of life, but in a way that’s as universal as it is personal. The end of the long journey was at Brisbane’s Airlock Studios and then Sydney’s Big Jesus Burger Studios with Scott Horscroft (The Presets, The Panics, Sleepy Jackson), where final touches to the mix were made.

“We weren’t in the studio to have a party; we were there to do something that we’d feel is significant,” Tomlinson says. “For us, it’s the most important thing we’ve done in our lives to date. And we feel really strongly about everything on that record.”

This passion and uncompromising vision also makes Ragged & Ecstatic a lot of fun. With an off-the-cuff, energetic and live feel to the set, it veers from the buoyant, bright and swaggering single “Getting Wise” and irresistible “Make Up Your Mind”, to the cheeky and joyous ska of “Summer Sheets” and Dylan-esque generational anthem “About The Future”. Wonderfully original melodies ingrain, sentiments resonate and the feeling and splashes of colour carried by Tomlinson’s turns of phrase are illuminating.

“I didn’t want to have any throwaway lines; nothing that could discredit the intention of the lyric and nothing that would be unqualified,” the singer says.

Not unlike the book from which the words came, Ragged & Ecstatic is a wild, irresistible ride that, in the end, manages to hold a mirror up to your own place in this old world.




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Jul 13 2009 9:00 PM

Getting Wise just kicks ass. Geat tune.
emy





Jul 12 2009 11:30 AM

were you guys on nova today?
midnight sun





Jul 11 2009 9:58 AM

Heyyy

So lovely as always to see you last night..thanks for such a great time! Bundles of fun singing along to everything and dancing like a mofo..ahaha dear dear.

I reckon you should bring along some brass players so that we can hear summer sheets in all its gorgeous ska glory..*coughjsscough*
Oh and even though you didn't play it last night, I think that Gin Sling sounds like it could've been plucked from BK's Changing Horses. Okay yup I'll stop going through the tracks I think i already left a long comment about the album earlier on ha ha.
And it was lovely to still hear a couple of the ep tracks too..hope you all had a ball as well.

Hopefully catch you some time soon while you're supporting :)

Thanks so much again for always bring so much joy. x
melanie





Jul 11 2009 3:24 AM

you played a fun set at oxford art, it was just about worth the bruises i got from getting danced/jumped on by the guy next to me.
good luck with everything!
BenSem - Are You A BenSem Music Junkie





Jul 10 2009 10:29 PM

Hey how are you. Hope you are well. I was wondering if you would like to have a free album? You can get it at http://www.megaupload.com/?f=3NNQTYF1
I really hope you enjoy it
Speak soon

Sem
monique.





Jul 10 2009 11:32 AM

...put dinosaur up!
please.
:)
Clover





Jul 9 2009 11:15 PM

Thankyou anyways.
Saw you at the powerhouse and you were all so amazing.
I went to see Philadelphia Grand Jury and fell in love with your music too.
xoxox
TOASTER.





Jul 9 2009 12:47 PM

your album launch was a really good show, thanks for making it all ages :)
ChloeHenry.





Jul 9 2009 11:50 AM

heyy guysss
digginnn your musicc
you guyss aree awesomee
:)
sorryy i wish i could have gone to the gig at the powerhouse,
andd seann,
im friends with your little bro jordyy
he adores you :)
haha
xx
Jassmaiyne





Jul 9 2009 6:34 AM

Last night was amazing, basically.
I had so much fun, and you were all just as good the second time around.
Digital Love and Polka were brilliant.
And meeting Michael was lovely.
Can't wait to see you guys again!
Jazmine.
midnight sun





Jul 8 2009 11:18 AM

Heyyyy

Hope you have a top time tonight..you're playing with one of my favourite local bands Neon Love :)

Looking forward immensely to catching you at the North-coat aha ;)

Much love x
Johnny Palace





Jul 8 2009 9:30 AM

hey you guys are in the background of a QUT ad.... its getting fracken crazy out there
emski* [AVS/MFL]





Jul 8 2009 4:47 AM

Caught you guys at the Soundlounge.
Truth be told i was only going to watch the Philly Jays, but freakin glad i stuck around for your set. Blew us away! :-)
Clover





Jul 8 2009 12:58 AM

Hey.
I was wondering if the Tivoli performance will Wolfmother was under18 or not.
Thanks, I adore your music and Your taste in music is swell
xoxooxoxox
rozi





Jul 7 2009 11:49 AM

hey
love your music, the show at oxford arts was so much fun.
Mapletons





Jul 7 2009 10:44 AM

Loving the news songs!
.silkom,





Jul 7 2009 1:40 AM

Lads!
I FINALLY bought Ragged and Ecstatic.
Surely the best buy for some time, I listened to it about 8 times over while I was cleaning my room -- and never got sick of it.
Kudos to you Yves Klein Blue.
The Soma





Jul 6 2009 11:39 PM

we got some new tracks boys. have a listen.
gavlaa.





Jul 6 2009 1:15 PM

any chance of a sydney all age gig after wolfmother tour?
Nic.





Jul 6 2009 9:30 AM

jive this weekend!
can you please play (a bookend)?
:)
eva hatten





Jul 6 2009 1:53 AM

i want to go nash hotel but they won't let me ! argh
Yuka





Jul 5 2009 3:02 PM

Thanks for the add ;)
Upskirts





Jul 5 2009 1:20 PM

hey im tom, me and my friend nick saw you yesterday before you went on stage at the OAF matinee.

i must say, though your set was amazing and your music is incredible, i personally broke into tears when you said you were covering 'Born to Run'. a fantastic show fellas, come back to sydney when you can. much love x

god speed and good legs x

the upskirts

p.s. our sped guitar player harry pronounced it 'yives' up until yesterday.
mei.ling





Jul 5 2009 9:39 AM

i just thought youd like to know
you guys are awesome
you had a mad show yesty at oxford art factory
xxx
JUZZY





Jul 5 2009 9:03 AM

You were brilliant yesterday afternoon at the OAF!
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