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Press Release
Metallic hardcore, powerviolence, and harsh noise collide in a two-way split between Dallas-Fort Worth’s YATSU and Minneapolis’ WANDERER, set to be released on December 20, 2024 via The Ghost Is Clear Records and Mummified Gasp Records.

Coming hot on the heels of their 2023 debut full-length, It Can’t Happen Here, YATSU return with two new tracks that see the band continuing to refine their caustic mix of hardcore, grindcore, powerviolence, and noise rock. “October Seventh” and “Biological Bullseye” churn with dissonant riffs, pummeling rhythms, and fiercely direct sociopolitical lyrics. Both tracks are tied together by spoken word passages referencing the horrors in Gaza, making these songs some of the band’s most poignant material to date.

After the release of Indulgence of the Unreal and its companion experimental collaboration Indulgence Remixed on February 25th of 2023 and 2024 respectively, WANDERER decided to re-imagine the first 2 songs from their 2016 record Gloom Daze. With a different vocalist and a whole new set of sonic tricks, WANDERER layer their newly evolved electronic-infused brutality into the framework of their older, more straightforward tracks. These re-recordings emphasize the sludge and death metal elements of the tracks while sharpening and honing the fast blasts of speed.

Comments YATSU, “These two songs have been in heavy rotation in our sets for a while now and desperately needed a home. We played a trio of shows with WANDERER back in March 2024 and we all hit it off extremely well. So, it made sense to release these songs on a split with our new friends and have our riffs cozy up with one another. These tracks are probably some of our most hard-hitting thus far.”

Comments WANDERER, “We clicked with the YATSU gang so well during our first shows together that it was almost inevitable that we would do a release together. YATSU is exactly the kind of music we think our world needs more of; music with a real message. We’ve been playing these songs for almost 10 years and they have evolved naturally through that experience, and recording them again in their new iterations seemed like a perfect way to call back to the beginnings of the band while also heavily hinting at our sonic future. This is also the debut release of our guitarist Brent’s new label MUMMIFIED GASP, which we will be releasing new music through in the future as well.”

The split will be released on limited clear with black splatter 7” vinyl. Order here: https://linktr.ee/yatsuwanderer

Track Listing:

A1 – YATSU – “October Seventh” STREAM

A2 – YATSU – “Biological Bullseye”

B1 – WANDERER – “Glass Chewer” STREAM

B2 – WANDERER – “Presence // Absence”

Yatsu is:

Lane Oliver – guitar

Josh Huddleston – drums

Imran Syed – bass/vocals

JD Sweat – vocals

Michael Briggs – noise/manipulation

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Michael Briggs at Civil Audio in Denton, TX

https://linktr.ee/yatsutx

Wanderer is:

Dan Lee - Vocals/Guitar/Synth/Samples

Mano Holgin - Drums

Jack Carlson - Bass/Vocals

Brent Ericson - Guitar/Noise/Vocals

Produced by Wanderer & Adam Tucker

Instruments recorded live & engineered/mixed/mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone 2024

Vocals and synths recorded by Dan Lee
Vinyl mastered by Michael Briggs

Both songs originally released on 2016 EP “Gloom Daze”

Lyrics by Brandon Carrigan

https://linktr.ee/BrentEricson

Cover art by Hell Simulation

Layout by Morgan Carpenter

Pressing Information

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