YAANG

Heavy dosage will leave you stumbling somewhere between social commentary, personal reflection and performative dance...” Rodeo Magazine
“exciting, chaotic and unpredictable” Band On The Wall

Loaded with Northern Grit and packed with punk-rock panache, Manchester trio YAANG launch propulsive new single, ‘Too Much Money’.

The track marks their first release since becoming the focus of a raging twitter storm last month  -  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. 

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.

Alumni of the prestigious Slow Dance Compilation, the band have already gained backing from Rodeo Magazine, Gemma Bradley (Radio 1) and BBC Introducing,  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.

Produced by Formal Sppeedwear’s Beck Clewlow, ‘Too Much Money’ bites back at the all the frustrating little disappointments that aggravate day to day life, as Oliver Duffy explains: “Written while on a run, the lyrics are about being disillusioned with mundane and minor inconveniences dictating life (got a bad haircut, wifi bill too much, fined for driving in bus lane, sleeping in) feeling like you've "paid too much money" for a life that's being controlled by little hiccups outside of your immediate control”

The music video acompanying the release, directed by Harry Green, is dramatises true events - where the band had to cancel a recent London date having left their sampler on a Manchester tram that same day (they got it back). As the band explain: “in the video the sampler goes on a wild adventure through various settings in different cities with different characters, before eventually ending up back in YAANG's hands.