New York band youbet have announced their new self-titled album, due out May 1 via Hardly Art. Lead single and album opener ‘Ground Kiss’ is a late-night existential query written after the dissolution of an 11-year relationship. “The song represents an endless search for that something and the rebuilding that goes along with trial and failure,” shares principal songwriter Nick Llobet, the song uniting the spectrum between clouds of plucked Big Thief-esque glow and bursts of distorted frustration, flexing the nuanced production of longtime collaborator Katie Von Schleicher.
Originally formed as a solo project helmed by Llobet, youbet sees the project evolve into a duo, with Micah Prussack and Llobet proudly acting as both explorer and guide, sharing three-dimensional musical sculptures so confidently and esoterically their own that they couldn’t have been released under any other name but youbet.
Created in motion and shaped between long stretches of touring, the album reflects a moment of ecstatic possibility and grit. Both sharpened and expansive, youbet grows from the confines of home recording and “bedroom pop” into something sturdier, louder, and unmistakably their own. For their part, Llobet sees the resulting album as a statement of that hard work and the opening of a new chapter. “It’s the beginning of a new era for youbet,” they say. “The band started as a sort of bedroom project for myself, but it has transformed into something expansive since working with Micah. It’s like we’re running a family business.”
youbet:
- Ground Kiss
- See Thru
- Undefined
- Worship
- Receive
- Fertile Eyes
- Nadia
- Embryonic
- Bad Moon
- Bad Choice
