“For a minimal folk band, Yearbook Committee are quite the sonic experimenters, peppering their two records with bluegrass jams, ambient pop and even some straightforward folk rock songs.”
– Operation Every Band (highlight review)
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Sep 16
2012
2012
“On the universe’s front porch”
“an instrument-switching, vocalist-rotating, everybody-writing sextet with a love of grassroots music and the people who love it back. Dig: The Innocence Mission and Steve Earle trade licks and whittling techniques on the universe’s front porch.”
– CityBeat (Cincinnati)
Mar 15
2012
2012
“An artistic endeavor devoid of ego”
“an artistic endeavor devoid of ego, a creative gathering that functions to accomplish one thing: an amalgamation of their best ideas and talents that results in the unique sound that is Yearbook Committee.”
– Austin Fusion Magazine, “SXSW 2012: Meet, Shoot and Live Acoustic performances at Cedar Creek Studio“
Mar 8
2012
2012
“Orchestral Folk Out”
“Indiana’s Yearbook Committee falls under the orchestral folk out umbrella, but has a slightly darker sound than expected, though their range is wide with rotating songwriters in the band.”
Feb 21
2012
2012
“Simple gems”
“‘Like Seasons Overlapping’ gives off a wonderful Glen Hansard/Swell Season/Damien Rice vibe and the lyrics contain simple gems like ‘You and I are like seasons overlapping.’ The crescendo up to a trumpet release reminds me a bit of Sufjan Stevens.”
– Shawn Katuwapitiya, “SXSW Preview: Yearbook Committee,” Katuwapitiya music blog
Feb 16
2012
2012
“One harmonious unit”
“This band of six musicians have broken out of the traditional form of what makes up a band and in turn are playing as one whole harmonious unit, literally.”
– Emily Speakes, SXSW
Apr 25
2011
2011
Carla Borsoi
“They look like they met on a yearbook committee, with the sort of adorable nerdiness you recognize in all those who cut & paste images of everyone else in school. These multi-instrumentalists were interesting – breaking out a cookie sheet to make noise at one point, overlaying it all with sweet vocals. My favorite is their song Watermelon. You’ll be humming it for days.”
– Carla Borsoi, SXSW 2011 Re-Cap