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Life Without Structure

by YlangYlang

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Uncertain Landscapes 05:53
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And I do feel ajar somehow 04:32
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Lavender Wow 05:02
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The Way Shadows Play 10:52
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How thin is the skin of the soul 05:05
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Released on Crash Symbols
crashsymbols.bandcamp.com/album/life-without-structure

"...gorgeously immersive." -Exclaim

"Montreal-based artist Catherine Debard . . . has a particular affection for music as an experiential medium. To her, it's a melodic liquid capable of transferring memories and thoughts from one person to another in an incredibly intimate manner. It can be less about the concrete structure of each track and more about the emotions behind each tick, whir and electronic transmission. She suggests that these electronic sounds might possess an inherent humanity that allows them to work their roots deep into our subconsciouses without us even realizing it. She's spent the past few years creating a history of releases that speak to this very concept in a real and meaningful way . . . She elicits a certain pop consciousness that retains its hold on you long after the music has grown quiet. It's more than a little miraculous." -Nooga

"There's a spookiness here rooted less in midnight ghouls and more the everyday horror of a trip to the drugstore with a headcold." -Cabin Floor Quarterly

"...consistently fantastic . . . a thoughtful and introspective take on new age pop." -Silent Shout

"Fell in love with this tape immediately. Split evenly between propulsive drum machine rhythms and hazy ambience, the album is perfectly sequenced. What I imagine the soundtrack to a hypnotherapy appointment would sound like. Gentle vocals float above washes of synths, the lyrics hinting at self-discovery and ego-critique." -Your Record Collection Sucks

"Somewhat surprisingly, YlangYlang chooses an ambient/new-age pop packaging to wrap her latest offerings up in. However, in Debard's hands 'pop' is reconstituted with minimal beats, washes of drone, and of course her innate strangeness. Maybe slightly more accessible than [her] usual, but just as satisfying as ever." -Ride the Tempo

"When you leave the physical world and are waiting in the relocation lounge for your astral directions, Life Without Structure will be seeping into your awareness. The pleasantries of pop music without all the barbed hooks..." -Lost in a Sea of Sound

"...this is a great record. From the first artful beats and echoing vocals of 'Uncertain Landscapes,' you can tell this sparse set of recordings is going to hit deep and stay there for a while. YlangYlang’s tones wash over the weathered ears of the listener, with a voice that seems half-caring, half-babbling." -Grayowl Point

"You take the abstract with the concrete... one informs the other, everyone’s happy in the end. Debard’s attention to melody, while set adrift in a sea of at-times formless mood, is the key grounding point to Life Without Structure, an anchor holding the listener in place as the sea of tone shifts around them." -Cassette Gods

Art/Layout by Liz Pavlovic
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released October 28, 2016

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