Yiek

YIEK

In the interview, guitarist Andy really captured it in a nutshell: “When we come through the boxes, you immediately go and buy a round and stand below the only spotlight in the club.” YIEK sounds as if Danko Jones is celebrating a backstage party with Queens of The Stone Age and it appears like the feeling that overcomes you when you get caught crossing the red traffic light.” The four guys met by chance at a New Year’s Eve party, at which it got very hot: the waiter caught fire and the house had to be evacuated – such an experience creates a strong bond.

YIEK – this may not be the most conventional name, yet, it explains best what Malte, Andy, Aram and Jens do – they rock until they drop. At the same time, it is a tribute to the initial stage, in which Andy’s shattered Stratocaster from 1969 produced weird feedbacks. YIEK is the onomatopoeic equivalent for the earplug-shredding rehearsal room noise. The four guys quickly noticed that they produced a special musical energy, despite or even because of their different personalities. And this mostly emerges spontaneously: “Hey Aram, give me a beat!”, Malte just calls sometimes – and all of them step in. The characteristics of the YIEK-sound are a maximal intensity with a simultaneous catchiness, which is unique through Malte’s voice. This especially bangs live. And it doesn’t matter whether there are 10 or 1,000 people listening: when YIEK performs, everyone joins in and celebrates. The band and the audience blend together and sometimes, there even are spontaneous undress-actions whereby Andy sometimes can’t find his distortion stompbox because of all the flying clothes. The only thing that can be predicted at a YIEK-show is that unforeseen events will take place.

With “The Drive”, you can get the YIEK-effect for the first time in album length for at home or on the road. The eleven songs create a mental concert: it starts with the opener “Toxication Party”, which will also be the first single with its pronounced bass riff (release date 02.12.16). Next is the title-giving and relentless two-minute-bomb “The Drive”, followed by the groovy “Black Fridayz”, which is always the initial point for improvisation and booze at the shows. The rough “Going Under – Going Down”, traditionally the first song of every YIEK gig, is a further chosen single (release date 13.01.17).

The album “The Drive” will be released on 27 January, 2017 on the label 7hard of the 7us media Group


Press Quotes:

“As an unknown act - rock the shit out of the place and leave astounding faces within the audience - what every newcomer band dreams about - YIEK are putting it into practice...”
(The-Pit.de)

“Rocking it till ear-plug feedback…” (Slam Magazine)

“Good riffs, perfectly stacked vocals and excellent Rock'N Roll sound…Catchy rhythm and atmosphere here shows how the band has a great potential…” (Hellmagazine.eu)

“The Album The Drive opens up cheeky with two smash hits "Toxication Party" and "Little Bitch", but also with songs like "Spit it out", "5Kingz" or "Going Under - Going Down" - YIEK is doing everything right…” (Breakout Magazine)