Stream: Barricade (Matter Of Fact) - Yumi Zouma

Barricade (Matter Of Fact) got unveiled last week and it's another great track from Yumi Zouma in advance of their debut album Yoncalla.

Barricade started life as a collaborative jam session - a first for the band at the time. The end result is apparently a long way from those initial moments of lofi freeform collaboration, when band members Josh and Charlie sat in Charlie's apartment with an unplugged bass and guitar respectively, Christie humming out melodies. Whilst Barricade is much more polished than its origins would suggest, that collaborative approach enabled the band to be more collaborative and distil the best bits into the track you hear now. The result is stunning as always - I can't wait to get my ears around the album.

Preorder Vinyl: smarturl.it/YZYoncallaVinyl Apple: smarturl.it/YumiZoumaYoncalla Spotify: smarturl.it/YumiZoumaSpotify ___ "Barricade (Matter Of Fact)” is the second single taken from Yoncalla, the debut album by Yumi Zouma. Yoncalla will be released May 27 by Cascine (Arch Hill in Australia, Rallye in Japan and Double Deer in Indonesia). This spring, the Yumis head out on tour that stretches across New Zealand, North America, Europe and Japan. Dates below. Where Yumi Zouma’s previous EPs were created in isolation, capturing the nuances of each member’s life half a world away, the new material was given a singular voice. “Yumi Zouma has always been an exercise in refining ideas and collaborating,” reflects guitarist Charlie Ryder, “but this was the first time we weren’t limited or protected by distance. With Yoncalla, the process was different, and it can be scary to present raw ideas to your friends ‐ but it’s also incredible to see songs evolve through the sparks of inspiration that bounce between people in the same room.” That intimacy is apparent on Yoncalla ‐ an album about being close to people, rather than miles apart. Yumi Zouma’s effortless waves of harmony have been redefined and the creative process laid bare to expose an act more unguarded and interconnected than ever before. Yoncalla sees Yumi Zouma continue their tradition of creating collectable vinyl releases, with the new album including a limited grey 7” that features two studio outtakes from the recording sessions. The 7” will be bundled with the first 500 copies of the Yoncalla 12”. These outtakes are exclusive to the limited edition vinyl and will never appear digitally. To capture the concepts on Yoncalla, New Zealand visual artist Henrietta Harris was tapped to create the cover art, illustrating the band together on a front cover for the first time. TOUR DATES www.yumizouma.com May 4 - Christchurch, NZ @ Blue Smoke (w/ Doprah) May 5 - Dunedin, NZ @ Re Fuel (w/ Doprah) May 6 - Auckland, NZ @ The Crystal Palace (w/ Doprah) May 7 - Wellington, NZ @ Meow (w/ Doprah) May 25 - San Francisco, CA @ Brick + Mortar (w/ Maria Usbeck) May 26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Los Globos (w/ Maria Usbeck) May 28 - Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust (w/ Maria Usbeck) June 2 - Boston, MA @ Middle East June 8 - Washington, DC @ DC9 June 10 - Montreal, QC @ Brasserie Beaubien June 11 - Toronto, ON @ The Garrison June 21 - London, UK @ Moth Club (tickets) June 22 - Paris, FR @ Point Ephémère (tickets) June 23 - Amsterdam, NL @ Sugar Factory Small Hall June 24 - Berlin, DE @ Karrera Klub Birthday Bash at Bi Nuu September 12 - Tokyo, Japan @ WWW September 13 - Nagoya, Japan @ Tokuzo September 14 - Osaka, Japan @ Pangea ___ Yumi Zouma on FB: on.fb.me/1RWozre Cascine on FB: on.fb.me/1jAp5ZG