YALI BLANK – Queen City Sounds and Art

YALI_BLANK2_lg — YALI BLANK, photo courtesy the artist

YALI BLANK’s single “Keep Me Sane” is awash in dense low end that buoys the ethereal melody in a fascinating dynamic that also leaves the sonic space for the more delicate melodies and BLANK’s soulful vocals to shine through. The desolate tone of the lyrics and the yearning is evoked well by Cheap Vacation’s music video. It is there that we see YALI BLANK sitting alone in dark spaces, illuminated by a mysterious light that gives little distinct detail of the background except for the gear used to make the music, a fishbowl, a mouse running across equipment. The colors are reminiscent of a Nicolas Winding Refn film and as the plot plays out stones break mirrors and the psychological space of being trapped by someone’s hold on you by song’s end when keyboards are torched as well as other trappings of what perhaps defined the nature of the relationship. It’s dark stuff but the warping vocal treatments and the surreal quality of the video paired with a song about not being able to move on are fascinating contrasts. The single is part of YALI BLANK’s new EP Why Do Flowers Mean Love? due out October 2019. Watch the video on YouTube and follow YALI BLANK at the links below.