Yukon Blonde’s third album, On Blonde, is the product of an intense period of personal escapism according to front man Jeffrey Innes. Produced by Colin Stewart (Black Mountain, Dan Mangan, Sleepy Sun) and mixed by Tony Hoffer (M83, Beck, Foster the People, Air, Depeche Mode), On Blonde (the title, a nod to Bob Dylan), is an exercise in pop pleasures ranging from spiky guitar-driven tracks (often recorded with a Dinosaur Jr.flare for the dramatic), to Depeche Mode-dark synth songs like “Starvation”, and irrepressible sing-alongs such as the lead single, “Saturday Night”.
Analogue synthesizers, modulating Moog saw tooth leads, and FM soft pads create an atmosphere akin to city street summer midnight meanderings. The album’s tone, which Innes likens to a summer night, is a nod to the eclectic nature of the band’s Brit pop heroes and their willingness to reinvent their style from track to track. But more recently, says Innes, their marriage of psychedelic, digital and synthetic sounds has become an unintentional symbol of Yukon Blonde’s own creative freedom.
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