Yaang

It’s already been quite the year for YAANG. Announced as part of illustrious hype list NME 100 last month where they were heralded as “one of the most exciting bands to come from the North West.” and growing their list BBC Radio 6Music supporters to Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Emily Pilbeam, Indie Forever, New Music Fix – via backing too from The Line of Best Fit, DIY, Radio X (John Kennedy) and Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon – the trio share long-awaited debut EP No, released today (14th March) via boutique label crackedankles.

Forming in 2017 when Davey Moore (vocals/sampler) met Oliver Duffy (Guitars/vocals) at a rhythmic awareness class at the University of Salford – and later completed by Ben White (Ex-Working Men’s Club) on bass duties – the trio have steadily built their reputation for furious, high-energy live shows, powered by the rocket-fuel combo of pulsating drum-machine loops, clangorous guitars and a wicked sense of humour

(bass player Ben also performs as a stand-up comic)

Never far away from another live show, YAANG’s tireless work ethic has brought them onto stages with the likes of Maruja, Getdown Services, Porij, Fat Dog, Mandrake Handshake, Dog Race, Keg, the Vacant Lots, as well as Canadian rock stalwarts Death From Above 1979.

Winning airplay on BBC Radio 6Music Airplay from Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens, Emily Pilbeam, New Music Fix and Nathan Shepherd (Indie Forever) and Radio 1 (Gemma Bradley) the band’s list of backers grows ever larger. Included in illustrious hype List NME 100 in February 2025, and featured in ABSO magazine, YAANG can also count The Line of Best Fit, DIY, John Kennedy (Radio X), Louder Than War, Rodeo, The Indie Scene, Blogotheque and even Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon among their supporters.

Support from Lame & The Switch.

Tickets online from SEE, physicals available from Slide and Esquires.