Yellow Days has released his latest single about the ‘Finer Things In Life’.
The experimental star – who makes self-described “upbeat existential millennial crisis music” – is releasing his third studio album, ‘Hotel Heaven’, on Friday (05.04.24), and he’s given fans another taste of his witty lyricism as he sings about the only thing that matters to him: being with the one he loves.
Yellow Days – whose real name is aka George van den Broek – said: “I’ve never cared about nice stuff, my trousers have cigarette burns in them. Some of my shirts have stains, I’d eat just about anything, and I hate snobbery. The only thing that I care about is being with the one I love. That’s the finer things to me.”
He sings: “I don’t like oysters far too much. I prefer your loving touch.”
Sonically, it’s a trippy, 70s-tinged psychedelia tune.
The accompanying music video – helmed by Boris Thompson-Roylance for Deadbeat Films – sees: “A porter enter a hotel lift where she’s immediately paranoid of the judgement cast upon her by an older couple heading to dinner. The dinner itself is initially the very definition of excess and indulgence … until a surprise twist pushes events in a stranger, more surreal and altogether less edible direction.”
The cinematic album is inspired by the movies ‘The Shining’, the original ‘Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory’ and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘The Holy Mountain’, as well as the 1989 crime drama art film ‘The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover’.
The record is a follow-up to 2020’s ‘A Day In A Yellow Beat’, which featured Shirley Jones, Nick Walters, Mac DeMarco, and Bishop Nehru.
Pre-order ‘Hotel Heaven’ now on all major platforms and stream ‘Finer Things In Life’ and previously released tracks, ‘Mrs Moonlight’ and ‘This Is Hotel Heaven’, now.
Catch Yellow Days live:
APRIL
9th – UK, Manchester, Band on the Wall
10th – UK, Glasgow, St. Luke’s
11th – UK, Bristol, Trinity
12th – UK, London, KOKO
18th – The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Melkweg
19th – Belgium, Antwerp, Trix
20th – France, Paris, La Trabendo
21st – Germany, Cologne, CBE
23rd – Germany, Berlin, Lido
24th – Germany, Hamburg, Mojo Club
27th – USA, Dallas, Deep Ellum Art Co.
28th – USA, Austin Psych Fest
30th – USA, Solana Beach, Belly Up
MAY
2nd – USA, Los Angeles, Lodge Room HLP
3rd – USA, Los Angeles, Lodge Room HLP
4th – USA, Pioneertown, Pappy + Harriet’s
5th – USA, San Francisco, The Independent
7th – USA, Seattle, The Crocodile
8th – Canada, Vancouver, Hollywood Theatre
9th – USA, Portland, Aladdin Theater
11th – USA, Salt Lake City, Kilby Block Party
12th – USA, Denver, The Bluebird Theater
14th – USA, St. Paul, Turf Club
15th – USA, Chicago, Thalia Hall
17th – USA, Detroit, The Loving Touch
18th – Canada, Toronto, The Opera House
20th – USA, Brooklyn, Elsewhere – Hall
JUNE
21st – USA, Durham, Motorco Music Hall
22nd – USA, Asheville, Eulogy
23rd – USA, Atlanta, Terminal West,
25th – USA, Nashville, Third Man Records – Blue Room
27th – USA, Washington, Union Stage
28th – USA, Philadelphia, Underground Arts
29th – USA, Cambridge, The Sinclair
JULY
3rd – Canada, Montreal Jazz Festival, Club Soda