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Yeasayer is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Man Man, Delicate Steve, Simian Mobile Disco, The Golden Filter and The Roches. Those roots explain a lot about how Yeasayer arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Menomena, TV on the Radio, Broken Bells, Architecture in Helsinki and Hooray For Earth, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bat for Lashes, Sinkane, MGMT, Man Man and Beck, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Yeasayer, reaching back through Man Man and forward to Bat for Lashes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Yeasayer was an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2006 and disbanded in 2019. The band consisted of Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, and Anand Wilder. They announced their split on December 19, 2019.
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Yeasayer connections
Yeasayer grew out of Man Man, Delicate Steve, Simian Mobile Disco and The Golden Filter, shares an orbit with Menomena, TV on the Radio, Broken Bells and Architecture in Helsinki, went on to shape Bat for Lashes, Sinkane, MGMT and Man Man. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Yeasayer
Sounds and acts that shaped Yeasayer.
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