Selfish Agenda

WE'RE BACK BAYBEE! SELF007 VIRGA "VAGUE SPLASH" CASSETTTE  THE TAPES IS HERE! WE IS READY! ALL HANDS ON DECK!

Grip a copy IRL this Friday at Riverside Park in Ypsi, or head over to Bandcamp to secure your very own RISO printed cassette or even just the digital files to listen to on your Zune any time you want. 

See you Friday?

“Indulge me in a little time travel. In 2002, an under-the-radar indie band, Young People, put out a song that has stayed with me to this day. "Collection," like a hymn performed by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, ran at a gallop but sounded solemn enough to be a prayer.

Back to today: The memorable voice of Young People, Katie Eastburn, is back as KATIEE. Out All Night, her debut album, came out in July and it thrums on low throttle, featuring synth sounds and sparse drum textures instead of post-grunge guitars.

We're thrilled to have a first peek at the video for "Sudden Fear." Imagine standing in the dead center of the dancefloor while partygoers riot around you: that's the eerie, joyful feel captured here. While the song's wistful melody soars, happy, shiny people dance as if it's 3 a.m. Director Christine Edwards found herself in the perfect situation to capture this footage: "Katie had just come back from a vacation getaway straight from the airport to this boss little house party, still in her beach gear. It was packed and everyone was dancing up a storm." See if you can spot the person sporting Ryan Gosling's face from head to toe.

The look and feel of the video may be up-to-the-minute modern, but Eastburn says the song borrows from classic noir: "The title and all the lyrics are turns of phrase from the 1952 film Sudden Fear, starring Joan Crawford. I collaged bits of dialogue and the melody emerged from the lyrics, which are so evocative." It's a combination you're not likely to see anywhere else.”

- Estelle Tang (Elle Magazine)

KATIEE Out All NIght 4.5 out of 5 Stars | Editors’ Choice AllMusic Review by Heather Phares Katie Eastburn's music has always fully transported listeners into her world. It's a place where nothing is simple and everything is direct, where joy and sadness are soulmates, and where old and new bring out the best in each other. As one-third of the criminally underappreciated 2000s band Young People, she combined traditional song forms with the avant-garde in ways that underscored her gifts as a passionate interpreter and singer. After Young People disbanded, Eastburn's music-making was delayed by a string of family tragedies. However, she continued to write and record, first on her own and then with a group including some of the finest from New York City's avant jazz scene as well as her husband Jim McHugh and composer Ray Sweeten. Out All Night, her first album as KATIEE, announces her as a solo artist with a bold vision while sharing Young People's gift for making innovative music steeped in tradition. "Atlantic City" even opens the album with a nod to her former band, as Eastburn quotes the mysterious song from the classic film Night of the Hunter that Young People reinterpreted on War Prayers. True to form, the way she incorporates electronics into Out All Night is powerful and unexpected. "Sudden Fear" is Eastburn's own form of dance music, driven by electronic drums and saxophone that feel like the night's heartbeat and lifeblood and full of emotions that can't be contained by a four-on-the-floor beat.

KATIEE on The Bj Rubin Show