Great Ytene
Locus
Release Date: Feb 24, 2017
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
Record label: Faux Discx
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Album Review: Locus by Great Ytene
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
Having played in other bands for over a decade, the collective members of Great Ytene aren't exactly new kids on the block. Having initially formed eight years ago as Colours - check out their reverb-laden 2012 single 'Drip Haze' - they changed their name four years later. Reemerging as Great Ytene, with it came a more conscious urge to experiment and 2014's self-titled debut EP bore the earliest fruits of their labours.
Based on rating 6/10
Taking their name from an archaic term referring to the New Forest region of England's South Coast, London-based quartet Great Ytene first made their debut in 2013 with a pair of dark psych-pop singles. Not long after, they signed with Bella Union, releasing an album-length six-song EP for the label before losing both their label deal and all of the audio files for their follow-up release due to a technical issue. Heading back to the drawing board, Great Ytene emerged reinvented and reinvigorated in early 2017 with Locus, a clamorous mix of shadowy post-punk, Krautrock, shoegaze, and psych.
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