WL//WH Video Of The Day YES TO ALL
Dutch musicians Marc Waanders (Guitar Vocals), and Hugo Boom (Bass) have been playing together for many years, beginning from the late 90s in the Joy Division/Warsaw inspired band Ro-Robot with two well-received albums and a couple of EPs under their belt, which will lead them to support slots of acclaimed acts such as Editors and The Stills, in addition to concerts in the Netherlands, as well as in Germany.
In 2004, the group fell apart due to the departure of drummer Colin Altena to the US. Even so, Marc and Hugo kept their musical cooperation alive and started Yes to All, initially with more room for electro influences by using synthesizers and a drum computer, albeit for the arrival of the drummer Viktor Raben who brought the guitar-laden Ro-Robot sound back into the fold, sparking new inspiration to start working on new material.
And here is the debut 5-track EP “Into the Vacuum” replete with a terse, minimal yet viscerally intense mining into dark, tightly wound fringes of 80s-tinged New Wave/Post-punk sound patterns, “contemporary with a nostalgic touch”, to create shadowy, dramatic and emotional-ridden atmospheres, wrapped in simmering layers of reverbed sharp-edged guitars, and Paul Banks-like, detached baritones swept in a hopeless romantic melancholy.
The release was paired with a DIY video clip ft. Stefanie Raben for the opening “She Can Win”, a song about always giving in to a woman who thinks she has to win all the time.
Relentless acrid and serrated guitar-crusted Rock and Roll vibes compel heavy grinding bass lines and tight, hard-hitting drum beats, with ominous blaring strains and intensely anguished atmospheric vocals, to sway into harsh pain-fueled guitar wails and a jeering group chorus, to conjure deep haunting feelings of ritualistic trauma.
Black and white visuals, featuring Stefanie Raben, bring forth the ‘win at all cost’ credo of the lyrics by depicting a male/female story loop while Yes to All performs “She Can Win” seamlessly with the soundtrack. The setting is a country cottage where intricate symbolism can be seen all about, adding depth and curiosity to the scenes, like a psychological puzzle.
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