Yndi Halda Vinyl Release

Yndi Halda's much acclaimed "Enjoy Eternal Bliss" ep will be getting the full vinyl release treatment. Pre-order's of the double LP and shipping will start next week at their American label, Burnt Toast Vinyl. I may order this myself, despite having the CD, as I prefer the earthy sound of vinyl to any other medium.

If you want a CD version, you can get it from their UK label, Big Scary Monsters. This seems as good as time as any, to post the Yndi mp3 that has been in my inbox for a few weeks now. Of course, even people with only a passing interest in post-rock should know who these guys are, such was the impact their (initially) self-released ep made. If you haven't, for some unknown reason, had the pleasure of experiencing this young band, I demand you download the mp3 below.

Back in December, during his top 5 albums of 2006 post, Vic Spanner gave Yndi Halda this magnificent description:

"Three tracks, 45 minutes. Local heroes Yndi Halda's epic E.P. arrived in the form of a personalised hardback copy of "Danger In Deep Space" (a Tom Corbett Space Cadet Adventure), with nature shots inserted by the band, and a note apologising for the delay in sending it (they like to hand make their cds). The music ?: Epic, beautiful, spine chilling, sad and incredible, the world needs some new adjectives for this music. There's a moment exactly ten minutes into "We Flood Empty Lakes" that sounds like a million superheroes flying through the stormy skies at once. Finally, a band worth giving a shit about".


Dash & Blast mp3 - Yndi Halda

O Rosa Records

Again this will have to be a brief post, still struggling to come to terms with foreign computers. Anyway, I would like to to point you in the direction of the Yndi Halda owned O Rosa Records. It has just recently opened its doors.

The Yndi lads have particular interest in folk music and "non western" textures, so it should make some interesting releases. One of the most promising is Whip's "R Mutt's Blues", which is availible for pre-order

O Rosa has this to say about it...

"many will recognise the name Whip. Whip is Jason Merritt, of Resonant Records, who produced the stunning atheist love songs for god in 2003. Whip is also Jason Merritt, of the seminal Timesbold, and is almost solely responsible for their heartbreaking and gentle folk. Whip is songs that were written by Jason whose intimacy deserves just (delicate) guitar and (cracked) voice more than they would a full-band arrangement with drums, and R. Mutt's Blues is just full of those songs.."


Sounds good? you may have to act fast, its limited to just 500 copies.

Yndi Halda

Yndi Halda are a band I have been listening to for the last six months or so, that make beautiful and blistering instrumental guitar music. They are about to embark on a UK tour, and I should be able to catch them at Bar Bloc, Glasgow on Monday 17th of July. Which is a very small, intimate venue.

It is worth mentioning that their debut Ep, "Enjoy Eternal Bliss" was voted number 2 in the top instrumental releases of 2005 by Decoymusic. Other favourable reviews have came from Rock Sound Magazine and their brand of post-rock holds a lot of promise for the future.

Listen to their Ep here or you can download a track from side project A Lily here.