Doom sludge bands Yashira, Autolith, and Drag Sample dropped a shock three-way digital break up EP yesterday that was posted to Autolith’s Bandcamp web page. The brand new launch comprises one tune from every band, and Yashira’s contribution, “Blindfolded in Holly,” looks as if it should mark the ultimate tune for the band as they introduced an indefinite hiatus on social media. Right here’s what the band needed to say on Instagram:
“So glad to place out this assortment of songs with our brother bands Autolith and Drag Sample. All the time an excellent pleasure to be with our associates, although this launch is bittersweet for us. It forces us to acknowledge our hiatus.
“The fruits of our labor will perpetually be cherished however Yashira is not sustainable. We now have not failed what we got down to do, however our wants have shifted. It’s time to be with our households, and to concentrate on our different initiatives and careers. There aren’t any future plans for us as a band.
“We’re so grateful to all of the individuals who have given us a shot through the years, and particularly to the folks of Jacksonville who rode for us since we began in 2015. The neighborhood that we helped foster gave us the energy to maneuver upward and outward.
“We maintain our time with our greatest bud Seth Howard in a really particular place in our recollections. We miss him on daily basis and it hurts to suppose what he could be as much as these days. I all the time find yourself revisiting recollections that really feel like one hazy dream. Seth sitting outdoors on a moist day, smoking cigs, sweaty from drumming for hours and laughing and planning with us. He could be so pleased with who we now have turn out to be.
“We’re so grateful for our brother Ryan who stepped into our delicate scenario with grace. He made it attainable for us to manage in a really cathartic method. He recorded the drums for the final songs we wrote with Seth. With him, we developed an basically new band, perpetually documented on “Fail To Be”. He helped us choose up the items and stick with it after we had been hopeless.
“We’re grateful for the labels who’ve proven us love and gotten each single launch of ours (this break up excluded) onto vinyl. Good Battle Data, Zegema Seashore Data, Thoughts Over Matter Data, Southern Druid… thanks all.
“We gained a lot in such a short while. There are such a lot of different folks & bands who’re worthy of our gratitude however this already feels long-winded. You recognize who you might be, and we thanks.
“Hearken to all of our different bands:
AUTOLITH (new report out Could 17) – @autolithtn
DRAG PATTERN – @dragpattern
CHAOS RELIC – @chaosrelic
TO FORGET – @toforgetband
ART STAR – @arrrrrtstarrrrr”
Echoing all of these sentiments, Yashira and Drag Sample’s guitarist and vocalist Dylan Mikos mentioned this on Fb:
“Yashira/Autolith/Drag Sample break up out now wherever you get your music! Had plenty of enjoyable placing collectively the Yashy/DP songs (each recorded by the nice John Howard), releasing it with our Memphis brethren appeared extremely becoming. Now, I really feel I need to communicate concerning the future into the world broad void:
“Yashira was a non secular expertise. There was a connection proper from the start that might not be defined, only a feeling within the room. The early days of making an attempt to navigate the ship had been so thrilling. Each half we’d write, we’d simply take a look at one another all wide-eyed, nearly in disbelief that we had been conjuring this shit up. To us, we struck gold. I can’t thanks all sufficient for supporting us so strongly, particularly at house. We owe a lot to the neighborhood of Jacksonville for that. I hope you all really feel that we represented town nicely.
“Seth handed on his method house from apply. That evening, we had actually dialed within the plans for what we needed the report to be, so we knew what needed to be carried out after what occurred, occurred. Ryan saved all of it. The imaginative and prescient was nonetheless achievable due to him. All we needed to go off of had been very loud, blown-out voice memo recordings of the songs, however that was sufficient for him. We wrote just a few extra from scratch with him to spherical out the report, and the remainder is historical past. ‘Fail To Be’ was born and I’m so glad we noticed it via. We would have liked it so dangerous. The bond with Ryan turned lifelong via all of this. I’m grateful for that.
“The band modified my life. I like it with each a part of myself. Creating it should all the time be one thing I’m pleased with and I do know I lived in these moments as a result of I bear in mind all of them so vividly. I’ll all the time be so grateful that it granted us the alternatives that it did, and for everybody who gave a fuck. I’m grateful you all.
I don’t know if we’ll ever do it once more. It doesn’t really feel prefer it proper now, however idk what the long run seems like. Will issues line as much as make it make sense once more? Who is aware of, however I refuse to lock the door, we’re simply gonna shut it. Ultimately, if that’s what that is, we by no means compromised. We performed loud as fuck at each venue, we wrote the music we needed to listen to, and we by no means overlooked what all of it meant. I’m simply glad it occurred in any respect.
“I AM GRATEFUL.
“This final observe is a thanks to all who gave Yashira any of your time and to anybody that helped us alongside the best way.
“You recognize who you might be. We’re grateful for you.
“I like you Seth! I miss you so fucking a lot!
“Due to this band, I do know you knew how vital you had been to us and I’m grateful for each second spent. Even when it meant nothing to a single soul outdoors of ours, it should ALWAYS imply that to us.”
Contemplating what number of different bands have members of Yashira in them, it’s much less like a break up and extra of a rearrangement of members. Consider it as musical chairs and, when the music stops, the members of the Florida doom scene discover themselves in barely completely different configurations. It’s sort of just like the D.C. hardcore scene within the ‘80s, however with slower music and extra alligators.