Armed with a collection of songs written in the back of a van, in venue parking lots and on the open road, Yukon Blonde went into the studio in the summer of 2009 to record their first album – which was recently released in both Canada and USA by Bumstead Records, receiving rave reviews from such publications as Exclaim, Under The Radar and Billboard.
While touring with Jon-Rae Fletcher in the summer of 2008, the band – then known as Alphababy – used to write songs on the road, while driving from city to city, to make up for the broken tape player/radio in their van. They would harmonize with each other and play guitars in the back seat, while tackling the long stretches of Canada’s highway 1. It was around this time that they partnered with long-time friends Nevado Records and began working towards releasing an album. After some set-backs that year, including the head-on collision that ended the life of their van (luckily the people were OK), which grounded them in their new home of Vancouver, BC, the band finally aligned themselves with producer Shawn Cole (Bend Sinister, You Say Party We Say Die), and recorded 14 of the songs they had written. Four of these became the bands debut EP “Everything in Everyway” (Nevado, 2009) which they released under the new moniker “Yukon Blonde” and took on the road for a 37-date mostly Canadian tour including stops at POP Montreal, Halifax POP Explosion and CMJ.
The remaining 10 songs were then released as the …
Armed with a collection of songs written in the back of a van, in venue parking lots and on the open road, Yukon Blonde went into the studio in the summer of 2009 to record their first album – which was recently released in both Canada and USA by Bumstead Records, receiving rave reviews from such publications as Exclaim, Under The Radar and Billboard.
While touring with Jon-Rae Fletcher in the summer of 2008, the band – then known as Alphababy – used to write songs on the road, while driving from city to city, to make up for the broken tape player/radio in their van. They would harmonize with each other and play guitars in the back seat, while tackling the long stretches of Canada’s highway 1. It was around this time that they partnered with long-time friends Nevado Records and began working towards releasing an album. After some set-backs that year, including the head-on collision that ended the life of their van (luckily the people were OK), which grounded them in their new home of Vancouver, BC, the band finally aligned themselves with producer Shawn Cole (Bend Sinister, You Say Party We Say Die), and recorded 14 of the songs they had written. Four of these became the bands debut EP “Everything in Everyway” (Nevado, 2009) which they released under the new moniker “Yukon Blonde” and took on the road for a 37-date mostly Canadian tour including stops at POP Montreal, Halifax POP Explosion and CMJ.
The remaining 10 songs were then released as the band’s debut LP, which they are now busy touring behind across North America – with 3 Canadian tours, 3 USA tours and one European tour – including showcases at SXSW, NYC, Chicago and L.A. – the band is busy supporting the album.
Yukon Blonde is: Jeff Innes (Guitar, Vocals), Brandon Scott (Guitar, Vocals), Graham Jones (Drums, Vocals), Andy Bishop (Bass).
