Yvette Young (born June 28, 1991) is an American musician from San Jose, California.[1][2] She is the front-woman for the math rock band Covet.[3]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yvette Young |
| Born | June 28, 1991 San Jose, California |
| Genres | Math rock, art rock, progressive rock |
| Occupations |
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| Instrument(s) | Guitar, violin, piano, vocals |
| Years active | 2009–present |
History
editYoung is of Chinese heritage and comes from a musical family: her father Phil is a singer, accordionist, and composer, and her mother is an organist and accordionist. She began taking piano lessons at the age of four, and violin lessons at the age of seven. She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Fine Arts[4] and began her career by posting videos of herself playing music in 2009.[5] In 2014, Young released an EP, Acoustics EP[6][7] and further expanded her discography with the release of a split EP with Natalie Evans in 2015.[8] In June 2017, Young released a second EP Acoustics EP 2.[9]
Young used her background in piano to use polyphony on a guitar. She taught herself guitar by ear after being hospitalized for an eating disorder.[10] She notes, "I write with my ear, so I’m not really in a box in terms of chord shapes. And I don’t use [traditional] shapes at all, which freaks a lot of people out! I have a million different tunings I work in too so I didn’t really put in the time to learn every shape in every tuning, that would be ridiculous".[11] She uses a technique of singing the part out loud and then replicating it on guitar to decipher the parts of the songs she writes.[11]
Young also creates unique illustration and art pieces, including work on some of her own guitars.[12] One of her paintings serves as the cover for her band's album Technicolor, released in June 2020.[13] She has also painted Willow Smith's guitar.[14]
Young has begun to teach a master course on guitar and finds that her style resonates with many of her students.[15][11] Before this she was mainly an art teacher, but by teaching while on tour she has become a music teacher.[11]
Young was featured in a Super Bowl LV Commercial in February 2021 for Logitech.[16] She is also featured on their website as a partner with tutorials and tips on how to use their equipment.[17]
Young was featured in the song "Tongue Tied" on Gone Are The Good Days by Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!.[18]
Influences
editYoung has cited an array of guitarists who have influenced her style, including Joe Reinhart of Algernon Cadwallader, Mike Kinsella of American Football, Robert Smith of the Cure, Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen.[19]
Gear
editAs of 2019, Young plays two Ibanez Talman Prestige guitars with Seymour Duncan Five-Two single-coil pickups and custom sparkle finishes, and a 7-string, fanned-fret Strandberg that she has painted. During the 2020 NAMM Show, Ibanez announced her signature model, the YY10, a Strat-style Talman electric guitar. Her second signature model, the YY20, was released in late 2021; she calls it the YY20 OCS (Orange-Cream Sparkle).[20] She also plays a Yamaha A5R acoustic-electric guitar.[21]
Young plays through Vox AC amps. Her touring amp is an AC30.[22] On her Catharsis album, this was joined by a Roland JC-40.[23]
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Young performing with Covet in 2022 -
Young performing with Covet, 2019
Discography
editSolo discography
editExtended plays
- Acoustics EP (2014)
- Yvette Young/Natalie Evans Split (2015)
- Acoustics EP 2 (2017)
- Piano EP (2019)
Singles
- Sojourner (2017)
- Rivulets (2018)
- Cars and Girls (2020)
- Sprout (2020)
- Simple and Clean (2021)
- Always (2024)
Covet discography
editAlbums
- Effloresce (2018)
- Technicolor (2020)
- Catharsis (2023)
Extended plays
- Currents (2015)
- Covet on Audiotree Live (2016)
- Acoustics (2019)
References
edit- ^ "Silicon Valley Rockers Covet Unleash a Genre Mash-up". Good Times. 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "SXSW 2016 music lineup: Here's the complete list – The Mercury News". 2023-12-15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Harrington, Jim (22 February 2016). "SXSW Bay Area spotlight: San Jose's Covet delivers magical math rock". Mercury News. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Salvatin, Lorisa. "The Sound of Odd Numbers: Yvette Young". XPRESS Magazine. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Carnes, Aaron (17 December 2014). "Guitarist, Yvette Young, Leads Math Rock Band, Covet, With Piano-Like Finger-Tapping". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Release group "Acoustics EP" by Yvette Young". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ^ Glob, Cletus. "ALBUM REVIEW: YVETTE YOUNG - ACOUSTICS (2014 EP)". The AU Review. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Frosh, Joel (2 November 2015). "LITTLE L RECORDS INTRODUCES NATALIE EVANS". Circuit Sweet. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Acoustics EP 2, by yvette young". yvette young.
- ^ ""I picked up the guitar when I was really sick in the hospital": Covet's Yvette Young". guitar.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d Laing, Rob (18 November 2019). "Yvette Young: "I jokingly call myself a hack because I figure everything out by ear and I don't really have a formula I follow"". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "Artwork of Yvette Young". Artwork of Yvette Young. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Yvette Young Official Facebook Page". Facebook. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Yvette Young designed the eye-popping artwork for Willow Smith's out-of-this-world St. Vincent signature model". guitarworld.com. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Yvette Young | Guitar Lessons & Master Course". JamPlay.com. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ Logitech x Yvette Young (Extended). Archived from the original on 2021-12-10 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Logitech for Creators".
- ^ ""Gone Are The Good Days" Translucent Tigers Eye Vinyl". Fearless Records. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
- ^ Michael Astley-Brown (2023-04-05). "Yvette Young names the 10( ) guitarists who shaped her sound". guitarworld. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ^ "introducing... my signature YY20 OCS talman (not edible)". December 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-03 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Always amazed at the resonance in harmonics on the @YamahaGuitars A5R!". Retrieved 2023-01-17 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Rig Rundown - Covet's Yvette Young". 3 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-03 – via YouTube.
- ^ Jenna Scaramanga (9 May 2023). "Yvette Young: "I'm really optimistic about the future of guitar. It's being used in a creative way and people don't know all the cool sounds you can get from it"". guitarworld.com/total-guitar.