YACHT bring their light, dark ways to Noisemakers on Noisevox with John Norris

YACHT bring their light, dark ways to Noisemakers on Noisevox with John Norris - make one of our lights go POP and perform a secret show! Don't fret, we filmed it for ya!

New York, NY (September 10, 2009) NOISEVOX – Maybe it was something we said. Or, more likely, something they said. Less than five minutes into John Norris’s interview with this week’s Noisemakers on Noisevox guests, the Portland-by-way-of-Marfa-Texas duo YACHT, one of our lights blew. Not just at any point, mind you, but at the exact moment in the conversation when YACHT”s Jona Bechtolt began to discuss the Marfa Lights – the spooky unexplained phenomenon that occurs nightly near the small west Texas town – and how they became the inspiration for the band’s acclaimed new album See Mystery Lights.
“Whoa. Stuff like this has been happening a lot lately,” says Bechtolt, “every time we start to talk about lights, something happens. It’s really weird.”

That’s kind of how it goes in the weirdly fascinating world of YACHT’s Captain Bechtolt and his first mate, Claire Evans, who traffic in mantras (the new album began as a collection of them), question materialism, heaven and hell, and distribute pamphlets explaining their ever-present use of triangles – all topics they touch on in the latest Noisemakers. As is the need to assure people that they are not a cult – and that their “Team YACHT” community is an inclusive bunch where all are welcome. “We say in our mission statement that YACHT is whatever YACHT is when YACHT is standing before you,” says Evans. “So if there is someone who’s just jumped on stage and started dancing, then, they’re in YACHT.” For all her spiritual musings, Evans also reveals a more down-to-earth chapter from her pre-YACHT days: as a youth, she ran the world’s second most-trafficked Weezer fan site.
Beyond offering something to think about, YACHT deliver the fun as well, in the form of infectious, singalong synth-pop, and a live performance that gets up close and personal with the audience. It’s all on full display in a live performance captured by the Noisevox cameras last weekend, at Glasslands in Brooklyn, New York. Included are YACHT’s indie-summer smash “Psychic City”, upcoming single “The Afterlife”, and the duo’s T-Pain-inspired “I’m in Love With a Ripper”. Finally, speaking of ripping, Bechtolt and Evans have some strong – and somewhat divisive – opinions on music and software piracy as well, ones they’re not afraid to voice.
Lots to digest – and dance to – on this week’s edition of Noisemakers on Noisevox. The interview-and-performance series hosted by music journalist John Norris has been publishing since June on a splash page of the forthcoming music site Noisevox, and has featured in-depth looks at such vital indie acts as Animal Collective, HEALTH, Dan Deacon, The Thermals, Arctic Monkeys, Japandroids, Pains of Being Pure at Heart and The Vivian Girls. Discover Noisemakers on Noisevox today at www.noisevox.org.
Embed a portion of the segments:

1. YACHT Interview Part 1 - http://blip.tv/file/2583884
2. Psychic City (Voodoo City) LIVE - http://blip.tv/file/2584833
3. I'm in Love With a Ripper LIVE - http://blip.tv/file/2584714
4. So Post All 'Em LIVE - http://blip.tv/file/2584786

5. The Afterlife LIVE - http://blip.tv/file/2584767