California Eccentric ymtk Explores Love From All Angles on the Sun-Drenched "9Song.Wav" Project
Bay Area artist ymtk (Young Murph The Kidd) shares his new project 9Song.Wav, a funky and ethereal exploration of the different shades of love that finds the Kidd flexing his songwriting muscles, using complex metaphor and clever symbolism to dive deep into relationship drama, carefree young love, and everything in between.
9Song.Wav is the result of an album-length collaboration with producer Ekzakt, whose diverse and expansive soundscapes suit ymtk whether he sings or raps on a given track. The project features pre-released tracks such as the guitar-inflected beach anthem "Confetti," the sensual slow jam "Undivided," and the P-Lo-featuring club banger "In This Moment."
"I wanted to create a narrative without it being confined to traditional story method of having a beginning, middle, & end," explains ymtk. "I’m a huge Quentin Tarantino fan and Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite movies. I love the way Tarantino shot some his films in non-chronological order. Almost every song written on 9Song.Wav uses entendres to interpret new love, relationships, and situations that accompany those things. From the feeling of having chosen the right one in 'Confetti' to becoming a more loving individual and wanting to spread that feeling in 'Show Love,' that’s what love can do to you. I explore the honeymoon stage on 'Undivided,' “More Faded' and 'Sweet.' 'Toss It' and 'In This Moment' represent the impulsive desire that sparks a new connection. The goal was to hit you with a wave of 9 songs that flowed naturally, but always offered a slight twist. Kinda like Tarantino."
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Last year, ymtk released the eccentric All The Right Places, which featured "No Job," one of SF Weekly's Best Bay Area Songs of 2016, and boasted appearances from Marc E. Bassy, Choice, Rexx Life Raj, Iamsu!, and Too $hort, and garnered a major sync when his song "Hella Super High" appeared in the Lionsgate film Kicks.
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