Years & Years: Momentum
Momentum Music Fund Recipient 2014
In February of 2014, London electronic pop three-piece Years & Years released their sophomore single, the slow-burning, groovesome Real, via much-lauded indie dance imprint Kitsuné. The release also features the self-produced somber B-side Eyes Shut as well as a surrealist Lynchian video for Real that features rising British actors Ben Wishaw and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.
Frontman and keyboardist Olly Alexander comes from a classicist musical upbringing, drawing upon iconic figures such as Joni Mitchell and Jeff Buckley, via the surrealist imagery of David Lynch and the dirty realism of Raymond Carver. The former qualities are wrapped in his distinctively dulcet tones, which Disorder describe as “Nina Simone…crooning a melodic lullaby to the folktronic lovechild of Beach House and Terry Riley”. Olly has just returned from Sundance Film Festival in Utah in support of his role as the lead in the upcoming Belle and Sebastian musical which also saw him open for the band at their secret show.
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The Momentum Music Fund will support a UK tour and performances at Liverpool Sound City and The Great Escape, as well as studio costs.
“We are thrilled to have received the Momentum Music fund which is enabling us to embark on a tour across the UK and improve our live and recording set up. We are very grateful to PRS for Music Foundation for helping us out – thank you!” Years & Years