Covetย is the instrumental rock trio of three virtuosos โ guitaristย Yvette Young, bassistย David Adamiak, and drummerย Forrest Riceย โ and while their music is complex, it isnโt just complexity for complexityโs sake. Theyโre really creative songwriters, and all the busy playing is backed up by some real sugar-sweet melodies. They signed toย Triple Crownย earlier this year, and theyโll release their first album for the label,ย effloresce, on July 13 (pre-order). They recently released lead single โshibuya,โ which features electronic musicianย San Holo, and weโre now premiering another track, โglimmer.โ
Yvette tells us, โThis song originally started as a more gentle, acoustic piece I wrote and when I played it with the full band, it evolved into a moodier and heavier song. We added a bunch of delay and modulation to it, as well as some grit, and all of a sudden it transformed into the โGlimmerโ we have on the album!โ Itโs math rock of the Don Caballero variety, but it really ebbs and flows like post-rock, and has all the beauty and atmosphere of a band like, say, Caspian (who Covet justย opened for in NYCย earlier this month). Itโs dizzying, gorgeous stuff, and you can hear it for yourself below.
The band also has some West Coast dates coming up, including shows with the likemindedย Vasudevaย and others with Oakland post rockersย Wander. Those are listed, alongside the album tracklist, below. Thatโs the album artwork (a painting done by Yvette) above.
Tracklist
shibuya (ft san holo)
glimmer
sea dragon (ft mario camarena of CHON)
gleam
falkor
howl
Covet โ 2018 Tour Dates
July 16 Lolaโs Room Portland, OR*
July 17 Croc Back Bar Seattle, WA*
July 19 Cafรฉ Du Nord San Francisco, CA*
July 20 Constellation Room Santa Ana, CA*
July 21 Soda Bar San Diego, CA*
July 22 The Rebel Lounge Phoenix, AZ*
July 24 Lost Lake Denver, CO*
July 25 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT**
July 26 Holland Project Reno, NV**
July 28 Catalyst Atrium Santa Cruz, CA**
* โ w/ Vasudeva
** โ w/ Wander