Young Man in a Hurry, Otherpeace

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David Vandervelde

Young Man In A Hurry

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Chicago indie rock outfit Young Man In A Hurry released a second offering from their sophomore album, Other People, out February 11. Produced and mixed by Brian Deck (Counting Crows, Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) and mastered by Greg Calbi (Bon Iver, The National, The War on Drugs), this is the highly anticipated follow-up to YMIAH’s debut Jarvis hailed by Consequence of Sound as “vibrant, cinematic indie-rock.” The band will play select tour dates in support of release, with shows in Chicago, Madison, and New York City. 

Glide Magazine premiered “In My Hands,” saying “The bridge of fuzzy guitar solos and drum build-ups gives the song a sense of swelling momentum that ultimately concludes with a psyched out group jam and shows how this talented back can quickly switch from more sparse and quiet to big and dramatic rock.”

Says bandleader Matt Baron, “I wrote this song in Beijing. I was staying in a building called the Cosmopolitan on the 40th floor. I strummed my guitar as I watched the breadth of activity and sheer volume of people below, and was overcome with joy experiencing my own anonymity, being alone in a place where no one knew me and I had no knowledge of the language.”

Other People is significantly more raw than the band's debut full-length Jarvis, released in 2020. Here, Baron trades his David Berman-esque warbles for a noisy, unrefined, stream-of-conscious style, sounding less like an emotional burst and more like the colorful reeling that follows. The album was recorded live in-studio over two days with no overdubs. Producer Brian Deck shares, “YMIAH couldn't have made this record first, they hadn't been together long enough. Their personalities hadn't yet stewed into a cohesive thing, hadn't laid it on the line in clubs, hadn't gotten pissed off with each other and come out the other end still alive. That first album Jarvis is the best of what can happen when mature artists collaborate for the first time. But Other People is what Young Man In A Hurry sounds like.”

According to bandleader Matt Baron, the album title Other People holds a few different meanings—it's a reference to the new band lineup, an homage to all the people who have supported him, and an acknowledgement that people coming in and out of one's life is a necessary signal of forward motion. But a more literal interpretation of the title could apply to Baron's vocal stylings on this album—different on each track through varied sonic treatments and affectations, as if the narrator for each tune is an alternate version of himself. Baron offers that this has been a helpful tool for him to navigate, express, cathart and heal through emotional upheaval. 

"vibrant, cinematic indie-rock" - Consequence of Sound

"poignant" - American Songwriter

"simple yet poignant indie rock, with jangling guitar and lead singer Matt Baron’s comforting sing-speak delivery ... warm and inviting" - MXDWN

"in a similar vein as acts like The National and David Berman...less brooding and more celebratory, but in a restrained way” - Glide Magazine