YEARS & YEARS TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM, COMMUNION, JULY 10
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YEARS & YEARS TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM, COMMUNION, JULY 10
UK #1 SINGLE “KING” AT CANADIAN RADIO NOW
PRE-ORDER COMMUNION STANDARD VERSION DELUXE VERSION
22 MAY 2015 (Toronto, ON) – Electro-pop, London-based trio Years & Years, winners of the BBC Sound of 2015 Poll (an honour previously granted to such critically praised hitmakers as Sam Smith, Adele, and Ellie Goulding), will release their highly-anticipated full-length debut album, COMMUNION on Friday, July 10 via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Comprised of bassist Mikey Goldsworthy, keyboard player Emre Turkmen, and vocalist Olly Alexander, Years & Years have charmed audiences worldwide by merging R&B, deep house, and classic-pop with both elegance and abandon. COMMUNION features the recent #1 single in the UK, “King” – a gorgeously synth-washed track that reveals the raw yet lovely emotional power of the band’s gracefully crafted sound. To achieve that sound, Years & Years recorded and self-produced COMMUNION in London with the help of collaborators like Mark Ralph (the producer/engineer behind Hot Chip and Hot Natured), matching an inventiveness inspired by such artists as Flying Lotus and Radiohead with a daringly confessional lyrical sensibility. The album was mixed on three different desks, each with their own distinct history – Conny Planks’, Tony Visconti’s and with final touches all mixed on the desk Dr. Dre recorded 2001 on. Fresh off a series of sold-out tours all across the globe, Years & Years are fast gaining recognition for a high-energy live show that adds another dimension of heart and intensity to each song. “I grew up on people like Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell, but in the past few years I’ve become really passionate about electronic music and how there’s no limits to what you can create with it,” says Alexander. “You can push the sound in this crazy way, and still keep it as real and honest and emotional as any other music out there.” COMMUNION standard tracklisting: 1. Foundation 2. Real 3. Shine 4. Take Shelter 5. Worship 6. Eyes Shut 7. Ties 8. King 9. Desire 10. Untitled 11. Without 12. Border 13. Memoyearsandyearsofficial.com facebook.com/YearsAndYears
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