This Is the Year



There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Yarn is an American alt-country band from Brooklyn, NYC; 2) Yarn was a Ukrainian avant-folk band from Kyiv; 3) Yarn is an American downtempo/psychill artist from Los Angeles; 4) Yarn is an American rock band from Highland, Illinois; 5) Yarn is the duo Ferenc Majercsik and Nandor Horvath; 6) YARN is New Zealand DnB producer Keaun Owen from Dunedin; 7) Yarn was a Belgian indie-pop duo active during the 2010s; 8) Yarn is a German psych-punk trio from Düsseldorf. 1) Yarn is an American alt-country band from Brooklyn, NYC. Brooklyn might seem an odd place of origin for a country band. The perennial home of cold concrete, hipsters and industrial ruins has been most famous for its indie rock scene over the past decade. But to Blake Christiana, frontman and songwriter for Brooklyn-based Americana/Alt-Country band Yarn, it’s the place that offered not only solace from his Schenectady, NY upbringing and a place to meet other skilled musicians, but a certain anonymity perfect for a songwriter who crafts best in loneliness. Indeed, in the song “Time Burns On” off the band’s new record Come On In, Blake croons for the city in his best country twang, “I gotta get back / To my Brooklyn flat / Where the neighbors don’t know my name / And the forecast calls for rain.” Yarn received quite a bit of buzz in the Americana world as a result of the band’s first two recordings as well as strong performances at clubs and festivals. Their self-titled debut record reached No. 14 on the AMA and R&R Radio Charts, and ranked No. 79 on the AMA’s Top 100 Albums of 2007. Yarn’s 2008 follow-up, Empty Pockets, which features guest appearances by Edie Brickell, Tony Trischka, Casey Dreissen and Caitlin Cary of Whiskeytown, spent months in the AMA charts. The album peaked at No. 5 and was honored with eight first round 2009 Grammy nominations in several categories. The band owes as much to Gram Parsons and Earl Scruggs as to Jerry Garcia and Exile On Main Street-era Rolling Stones. Following in a fine tradition that includes forward thinking roots bands like The Flying Burrito Brothers and New Riders of The Purple Sage, Yarn weaves roots music idioms into a fresh sound that turns on hipsters and fans of country music alike with technically impressive song-crafting and universal tales from the road of life. 2) Yarn was an avant-folk band from Kyiv, Ukraine, that consisted of Іван Москаленко [aka DJ Derbastler] (bass, drum machine, electric bass), Ольга Птіца Гориніна (lead vocals), Олександр Юрченко [Alexander Yurchenko] (cymbals, electric bass), Леонід Белей [Leonid Beley] (accordion, flute). 3) Yarn is a downtempo/psychill artist from LA. 4) A rock band from Highland, Illinois. 5) Yarn is the duo Ferenc Majercsik and Nandor Horvath. 6) YARN is New Zealand DnB producer Keaun Owen from Dunedin. 7) Yarn was a Belgian indie-pop duo active during the 2010s. 8) Yarn is a German psych-punk trio from Düsseldorf. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.