Hermione Hoby 

YACHT: See Mystery Lights

High-minded zeal doesn't prevent them making brilliant electro-pop, finds Hermione Hoby
  
  


In calling themselves "a band, belief system and business" and going by an acronym (Young Americans Challenging High Technology), you'd be forgiven for thinking Yacht wouldn't sound much fun. Thankfully, high-minded zeal doesn't prevent them making brilliant electro-pop. Laptop wizard Jona Bechtolt is joined by Claire L Evans, whose deadpan delivery of mantras such as the eight-minute "It's Boring/You Can Live Anywhere You Want" proves as hypnotic as it is ecstatic. Their online manifesto insists they're not a cult, but with sounds like these they wouldn't be short of devotees.

 

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