Every year young, hopeful recent high school grads enroll in music school with the hopes and dreams of becoming professional musicians, but how many can boast remixes for the likes of Passion Pit, Asher Roth, and multiple XL Recordings artists before even getting their diploma? And how many get to celebrate going on tour with the likes of Little Boots (dates below) at their graduation party? Yes Giantess, that's who! (note: Chase took 10 classes this summer semester to graduate Berklee College of Music before the tour).
Birthed and the nexus of 2008 and 2009, Yes Giantess was never meant to last more than a few weeks. Members of the band previously played in former incarnations of Passion Pit, the Death Set and so many more, and what was intended to be one off party music for them to play with friends suddenly found an online audience.
Based out of Boston the four Berklee students were suddenly being asked to play shows across the Atlantic and as they saw their tracks light up the blogosphere and pack dancefloors, high profile pop producers began offering the unsigned band their services. The band have just finished recording tracks with the likes of Richard X (Kelis), Hannah Robinson (Ladyhawke) and Charlie Hugall (Florence and the Machine), and are about to enter the studio with more heavy-hitting producers.
“We want to bring music back to that point when it was totally bad ass to be a pop star,” says singer Jan Rosenfeld.
To get a taste of the pop bliss to come, check out below their single "You Were Young" (produced by Passion Pit's Al Adhamy) out on 7" on Neon Gold, as well as their remix of Passion Pit's "Sleepyhead".
Download HERE "You Were Young"Download HERE "Sleepyhead (BoFlex Remix)"
Remixes:
*** Golden Silvers (XL Recordings) – True Romance (release date TBA)
*** Passion Pit (French Kiss) - Sleepyhead
*** Erik Hassle (Island) – Don’t Bring Flowers
*** Asher Roth (Island) – She Don’t Wanna Man
*** Are We Brothers (Discograph France)
The US tour dates is followed by an NME Radar Tour then back to the States for CMJ:
Birthed and the nexus of 2008 and 2009, Yes Giantess was never meant to last more than a few weeks. Members of the band previously played in former incarnations of Passion Pit, the Death Set and so many more, and what was intended to be one off party music for them to play with friends suddenly found an online audience.
Based out of Boston the four Berklee students were suddenly being asked to play shows across the Atlantic and as they saw their tracks light up the blogosphere and pack dancefloors, high profile pop producers began offering the unsigned band their services. The band have just finished recording tracks with the likes of Richard X (Kelis), Hannah Robinson (Ladyhawke) and Charlie Hugall (Florence and the Machine), and are about to enter the studio with more heavy-hitting producers.
“We want to bring music back to that point when it was totally bad ass to be a pop star,” says singer Jan Rosenfeld.
To get a taste of the pop bliss to come, check out below their single "You Were Young" (produced by Passion Pit's Al Adhamy) out on 7" on Neon Gold, as well as their remix of Passion Pit's "Sleepyhead".
Download HERE "You Were Young"Download HERE "Sleepyhead (BoFlex Remix)"
Remixes:
*** Golden Silvers (XL Recordings) – True Romance (release date TBA)
*** Passion Pit (French Kiss) - Sleepyhead
*** Erik Hassle (Island) – Don’t Bring Flowers
*** Asher Roth (Island) – She Don’t Wanna Man
*** Are We Brothers (Discograph France)
The US tour dates is followed by an NME Radar Tour then back to the States for CMJ:
- 8/22 – Blisspop @ The Black Cat – Washington, DC
- 9/10 – Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Calvin Harris – New York, NY
- 9/11 – Humber College w/ MSTRKRFT – Etobicoke, Ontario
- 9/14 – Wrongbar w/ Little Boots – Toronto, Ontario
- 9/16 – Bowery Ballroom w/ Little Boots – New York, NY
- 9/17 – The Empty Bottle w/ Little Boots – Chicago, IL
- 9/18 – The Roxy w/ Little Boots – Los Angeles, CA
- 9/19 – The Independent w/ Little Boots – San Francisco, CA
