Tuesday, December 10, 2024

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Yellow Ostrich


Artist:Yellow Ostrich

Song:Neon Fists

Album:Cosmos


Yellow Ostrich is another example of a solo artist hiding behind a band name for anonymity. The guy behind the name is Alex Schaaf. He writes and produces everything and has formed a band mostly to tour. But they also play on Yellow Ostrich albums. Schaaf is from Appleton, WI. He started out recording music in his bedroom on a four track recorder. While studying music at Appleton's Lawrence University, Schaaf opened for the band Bishop Allen. That band's drummer Michael Tapper suggested that Schaaf should move to Brooklyn, NY and turn Yellow Ostrich into a band. Schaaf had already self released an album and an EP. So he moved to Brooklyn in 2010 and turned Yellow Ostrich into a band. They released a couple of albums. Tapper brought in Jon Natchez formerly of The Antlers to develop their live sound. The other members were Jared Van Fleet and Zach Rose. Natchez left in 2013. Yellow Ostrich signed with the indie label Barsuk and released the 2012 album Strange Land followed by the 2014 album Cosmos. After touring to support the album, Schaaf announced on Facebook that Yellow Ostrich was disbanding. Since then, Schaaf moved to Minneapolis and formed the band Human Heat. He also released a 2018 solo album. Schaaf has said that Human Heat is an electronic instrumental band. Barsuk released an Alex Schaaf comp in 2021 as a digital download. He has recently revived the Yellow Ostrich name and released an EP. The musicians are different so obviously it's a different band. Here's the video for Neon Fists by Yellow Ostrich. 


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