YAANG

“Heavy dosage will leave you stumbling somewhere between social commentary, personal reflection and performative dance...” Rodeo

A delightfully chaotic marriage of Talking Heads, Primal Scream and some angsty seventies punk” Clunk

“exciting, chaotic and unpredictable” Band On The Wall

Ahead of a string of live shows this Autumn - including a Manchester headline and a support for The Vacant Lots in London - punk trio YAANG share the epic punk ascension of latest cut 'Pressure'.

Typically the closer of their absorbing live show, 'Pressure' mashes up the electro-pulsations of a Snapped Ankles with the old-school punk prowess of a Wipers or Wire to unleash a stop-start, ever-building juggernaut of unabating punk-thrash hypnosis. 

Produced by Formal Sppeedwear's Beck Clewlow, the track exhibits once the band's penchant for delivering intense, high-energy takes on the gripes and misgivings ailing contemporary twenty-something life, as frontman Davey Moore explains:

"Pressure is about the contradiction between how mental health issues in daily life can feel like a hindrance to others but through performance can become entertaining and exciting. Stress, lack of control, and confusion forming together to create an explosive episode of beautiful mania.”

Forming in 2017 when Davey Moore (vocals/sampler) met Oliver Duffy (Guitars/vocals) at a rhythmic awareness class at the University of Salford - and later completed by Ben White (Ex-Working Men’s Club) on bass duties - the trio have steadily built their reputation for furious, high-energy, live shows, powered by the rocket-fuel combo of pulsating drum loops, clangorous guitars and a wicked sense of humour. Integral cogs in the ever-whirring grassroots scene of their beloved Manchester, Yaang regularly rub shoulders with the likes of buzzy contemporaries Maruja, Nightbus, Duvet and Splint.

Earlier this year, the band became the focus of a raging twitter storm - a video of the band shared with the controversial caption “alright everybody the UK post punk revival is over.” hit over half a million views, with keyboard warriors - including bands like Shame, HMLTD, The Rhythm Method, and Loose Articles - coming in their droves to defend or berate the band online.

Alumni of the prestigious Slow Dance Compilation, the band have gained backing from Clunk, Rodeo Magazine, Gemma Bradley (Radio 1) and BBC Introducing Mixtape, achieved notable support slots of the likes of Porijj, Keg, The Vacant Lots, and Mandrake Handshake, while also boasting a PVA remix in their catalogue to boot.

Yaang are Davey Moore (Vocals/Sampler),  Oliver Duffy (Guitar/Vocals), Ben White, (Bass/Vocals)