Yearbook Committee are a blues-inflected folk collective from Indiana who have been playing together since 2009, releasing an EP and a full-length album in the time since. The album got a very limited physical release last week, although it is also available on their Bandcamp. They use a variety of (mainy folk-oriented) instruments, sometimes supplemented by weird things like buckets and sheet metal. They have a massive variety in sound - some of their songs are fun, bouncy, lo-fi singalongs, some are more in the Sufjan-y fingerpicking mould and some are more in the British folk tradition of simple instrumentation and dual harmonised vocals. This could be the year they get slightly more well-known - they've got the tunes for it, and have secured themselves a much-sought-after spot as one of SXSW's official 'showcased artists'.
I've included two tracks, one to showcase their 'fun' sound ("We Let Our Grades Slip") and one to show what they're capable of when they put their minds to more introspective, intellectual fare ("We've Got a History of Ruining Things").
Yearbook Committee - We Let Our Grades Slip
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