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Ryli Return with Come and Get Me

May 13, 2025 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

I love Yea-Ming Chen (musically, don’t get weird!), whether she’s covering the Velvet Underground, fronting the Rumours, or the springier side of pop with Ryli; the latter is where we have her popping in today, as the the band have just announced Come and Get Me, featuring this delight below. You can certainly hear all sorts of indiepop nods noodling about in this tune, though the interesting thing is how much springiness the rhythm section gives the track; it creates this almost danceable sound amidst a wall that feels like the noisier version of any number of great girl groups. If you’re not tapping your toes and grinning ear to ear, then we can’t help you any more. Unless, you grab the new LP before it drops on June 27th via Dandy Boy Records.

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Yea-Ming Covers The Velvet Underground

April 15, 2025 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

If you were fortunate enough to attend the Oakland Weekender in 2024, you might have picked up the tape that featured Yea-Ming Chen‘s cover of “Pale Blue Eyes.” But, while working on the next album (‘rumors’ have it slated for a 2026 release0, Yea-Ming wanted to make sure she got this Velvet Underground cover out into the world. I love how her vocal resonance sounds similar to Lou Reed’s, slightly smoky in its presentation, though clearly grasping to pop sentimentality. Chen recorded the majority of the song herself, so a lot of the VU excess is gone, leaving you a bare-bones version that’s equally as stunning in its own right, with Yea-Ming admitting she embraced some of the imperfections in the recording as a way of connecting with Reed’s spirit. Stream it now below!

<a href="https://yea-ming.bandcamp.com/album/pale-blue-eyes">Pale Blue Eyes by Yea-Ming and The Rumours</a>

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Yea-Ming and the Rumours Share By the Sea Video

March 15, 2022 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

I’m not sure where you are in the world, but you’d be best served to settle down and enjoy So, Bird, the new LP from Yea-Ming and the Rumours. Today, I’m excited to share one a new video for one of the album’s standout tunes, “By the Sea.” It’s a wistfully penned track, with Yea-Ming Chen’s vocal performance engraining itself in your mind; there’s something about it that just feels other-worldly, stuck in some purgatory between 60s chanteuse and modern dream pop. Of course, the musical elements only highlight the vocals, careful not to get in the way, with careful strums and meandering notes hanging in the distance, lifting Chen’s voice to intoxicating levels; I, admittedly, can’t get this song or its performance out of my head today. If you’re enjoying, and why wouldn’t you, you can grab So, Bird from Dandy Boy Records!

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