Yujen make meditative music for thoughtful times, and thoughtful music for any time. Individual members Mitch Anderson, Sam Tilley and Bill Anderson had been producing material for years, but it was only last year the three combined forces to form the group. Things escalated quickly. Soundclouds were streamed. A debut EP was written. It's called No Aware, and it also happens to be the first release on Detail Co., the independent label project of Melbourne luminaries Chet Faker and Thrupence. THUMP is pleased to present the video of "Try It Over", a hypnotic vision for a captivating track that features the unmistakable voice of Chet himself:THUMP: Congratulations on your debut EP. What were some of your intentions for this release going into the writing and recording?
Yujen: Listening back to the EP now we see it more as a discovery of our own sound. We wanted to create a body of work that broke away from the traditional song structure of verse, chorus, bridge etc. When we first started writing together we had no clear idea of what we wanted to create, as we all have different music backgrounds and you can hear our different writing styles appearing throughout the record. Our production process was a mess in the beginning as we were each using different programs and ways of recording. It slowly developed into a more manageable process and changed the sound from the first to the last songs written for the record. It will be interesting to see how our production process affects our next release.The video for "Try It Over" is quite entrancing, kind of like a slow journey in reverse, or maybe an echo of the title, going back to start again. What are some things you would like to go back and try over? Any major or minor regrets you're keen to revisit and revise?
Yeah the video really adds to the hypnotic nature of the track. We wanted to stick away from a story line and have something that you could comfortably zone out to. As far as regrets there is one track that we have been working on for a long time and don't want to release until it's perfect to us. We just want to avoid future regrets I guess.What are some of the other ideas or references you hope people might take away from this song and video?
It's a bit of a self reflective song, we wanted listeners to take away what ever it brought up in them. The song and the video works well as it shows the electronic-driven side as well as the psychadelic-ambience in tandem.The collaboration with Chet Faker on this song has been a strong talking point. What were some of the conversations you had with Nick Murphy going into this?
It was around the time he had busted his foot and I bumped into him and gave him a lift to sound check before one of his shows. He had heard some of our music and wanted to hear what we were up to. I played him a demo of 'Try it Over' and he started singing in the car. It kind of just progressed from there.What was the process of working together, both on the song and in terms of releasing the EP?
Nick has been awesome as he gave us so much space and time to get the EP right. Much of the development of the song and EP was done in correspondence as he has been traveling so much. We spent the start of the writing process with him in his studio and he helped to develop in our early stages as a group. It's been great having someone like him in our corner.Now that the video and EP have been released, what happens next for Yujen?
We are getting ready for our first show, on July 12th at Boney in Melbourne which should be good fun. We are also still writing and producing lots and starting to think about our next release.Watch the video for Try It Over hereCheck the launch party, happening July 12th at Boney
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Yujen: Listening back to the EP now we see it more as a discovery of our own sound. We wanted to create a body of work that broke away from the traditional song structure of verse, chorus, bridge etc. When we first started writing together we had no clear idea of what we wanted to create, as we all have different music backgrounds and you can hear our different writing styles appearing throughout the record. Our production process was a mess in the beginning as we were each using different programs and ways of recording. It slowly developed into a more manageable process and changed the sound from the first to the last songs written for the record. It will be interesting to see how our production process affects our next release.The video for "Try It Over" is quite entrancing, kind of like a slow journey in reverse, or maybe an echo of the title, going back to start again. What are some things you would like to go back and try over? Any major or minor regrets you're keen to revisit and revise?
Yeah the video really adds to the hypnotic nature of the track. We wanted to stick away from a story line and have something that you could comfortably zone out to. As far as regrets there is one track that we have been working on for a long time and don't want to release until it's perfect to us. We just want to avoid future regrets I guess.
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It's a bit of a self reflective song, we wanted listeners to take away what ever it brought up in them. The song and the video works well as it shows the electronic-driven side as well as the psychadelic-ambience in tandem.The collaboration with Chet Faker on this song has been a strong talking point. What were some of the conversations you had with Nick Murphy going into this?
It was around the time he had busted his foot and I bumped into him and gave him a lift to sound check before one of his shows. He had heard some of our music and wanted to hear what we were up to. I played him a demo of 'Try it Over' and he started singing in the car. It kind of just progressed from there.What was the process of working together, both on the song and in terms of releasing the EP?
Nick has been awesome as he gave us so much space and time to get the EP right. Much of the development of the song and EP was done in correspondence as he has been traveling so much. We spent the start of the writing process with him in his studio and he helped to develop in our early stages as a group. It's been great having someone like him in our corner.Now that the video and EP have been released, what happens next for Yujen?
We are getting ready for our first show, on July 12th at Boney in Melbourne which should be good fun. We are also still writing and producing lots and starting to think about our next release.Watch the video for Try It Over hereCheck the launch party, happening July 12th at Boney