If angsty, noisy, sweaty rock is your kind of thing then we presume you’re going to adore the sound of UK-based, Brazilian-born two piece Yur Mum. The duo offer up a vibrant concoction of rock, punk and noise with a distinct tropical edge that they describe as “loud, honest and fun.”
The duo of Anelise Kunz (bass and vocals) and Fabio Couto (drums) met in Brazil but, in Fabio’s words: “We came to the UK to try to grow up. We weren’t really thinking about making music over here but old habits die hard.”
And Fabio describes the engaging, noisy rock sound they’ve honed since as: “It’s a fusion of different eras of rock music with tropical musicality.”
We spoke to the duo around the release of their latest single Say Say, which came out in June. It opens up with a fuzzy riff that bursts into heavy drums, guitars and Anelise’s engaging, shouty chorus lines “Say say say, Say it to my face, Don’t run away, Don’t you turn away, Isn’t it much easier, Without a face, Whatchu wanna say?”
It eventually drops into another funky fuzzy riff and driving drums, which feeds into more relaxed vocals then a big cry of “Whatchu wanna say.” The pace drops down halfway through, with drifting high-pitched noises, then a huge scream gives way to a big energetic conclusion.
If you like that, then you’ll also love the sound of their strong back catalogue, including their 2021 album Tropical Fuzz, 2019 EP Ellipsis and 2018 debut album Road Rage, which includes bangers like Crazy.
We especially enjoy the sound of Je Ne Sais Pas, from Tropical Fuzz, which, in a video discussing the song, they describe as a “lockdown baby” and say is about “not feeling anything at all” when they saw comets. It opens up with a drawn-out bassline, which feeds into engaging vocals “I saw a comet today, It didn’t come my way” and stabbing guitars. That develops into funky guitars then a bumbling little bassline and driving drums that we defy you not to bop along to, before feeding into random French lyrics. Obviously. The pace suddenly slows down with a chilled bass and the opening lyrics with more intense vocals, then a little bassline picks up pace to set up a lively outro. Check it out in the stream below:
The Yur Mum sound is constantly developing, taking influence from the likes of The Beatles to Queens of the Stone Age and new bands that they play with.
On what inspires them to write music, Fabio tells us: “We tend to write about how we see the world, based in our experiences. We have lived for a minute so we’re over teenage angst and high school drama, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously either. We embrace chaos, nonsense and whatever comes to mind. We try to write music that we’d want to listen to.”
And on their original Brazilian scene, Fabio says: “We come from a very DIY scene from South Brazil. Most gigs were small but there were always good crowds and good vibes. Now we’ve been away for too long so we don’t know what’s happening there.”
Yur Mum are in the midst of a singles cycle, of which the latest will be released next Thursday (10 August), and will lead to an album that’ll be released next year. They’re also busy gigging with shows lined up across the UK, in France and Germany through to the end of October. They’re launching their next single at Haggerston Signature Brew in London on 18 August then gigs the at East Street Tap in Brighton on 19 August and the Elephant and Castle in Ramsgate on 26 August. See all their upcoming shows on their website.
You can follow Yur Mum on Facebook and Instagram, and check out their music on Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music, Soundcloud and YouTube.
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