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Yukon Blonde

Fri. January 26th 2024 Capital Ballroom $24.50

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Yukon Blonde

With support from Layten Kramer Please note that Capital Ballroom is not whee...
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event
Music Pop / Rock / Indie
Fri. January 26th 2024 + Add to Calendar Capital Ballroom (No Minors)
9:00pm  Doors at: 8:00pm $24.50

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Yukon Blonde
from Kelowna BC
Layten Kramer

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MRG Live
Presenter
26 Duncan Street Toronto Ontario
since 2008
The Zone 91.3
Resource
2750 Quadra Street Victoria BC

Event Description

With support from Layten Kramer

Please note that Capital Ballroom is not wheelchair accessible at this time due to the presence of stairs leading into the venue. We understand the importance of providing an inclusive environment and we deeply regret any limitations the building may pose. If you have any specific accessibility concerns or require assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us at [email protected] and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.


I long to be a part of something, a community, but I can never get my shit together and that’s where people give up on me – but then again that’s where the guys come in,” says Jeffrey Innes, lead singer and chief sonic architect of indie rock band Yukon Blonde. And though they might not have recognized it when they first started packing clubs over 15 years ago, the band has since embraced this reality; in fact, it’s overtly celebrated across the alluring melodies and absorbing stories comprising Shuggie, their latest full length collection.

“There’s a real openness to this record both musically and lyrically – sort of wide reaching exploration of trying to find that something out of of all this isolation,” says Jeff on behalf of bandmates Brandon Scott (guitar, vocals), Graham Jones (drums, vocals), and James Younger (bass, vocals).

Being in a band for this long, we’re talking our entire adult lives here, I’m not sure it’s a healthy thing,” says Younger. “Out on the road you miss births, funerals, birthdays, and back home over time even the strongest relationships come and go. This is all happening in our van somewhere on The Canadian Shield and all four of us have been through it.” This sense of self imposed exile undoubtedly contributes to the uniquely expansive and ever changing sonic spectrum Yukon Blonde has refined over their years. You can (and should) call them many things, but never predictable or complacent. From the bouncy indie rock that defined their first half decade together – culminating in 2012’s Tiger Talk – through their experimentation with slick 80s inspired pop elements on 2015’s On Blonde to the seductive synth heavy psychedelic mood making of 2018’s Critical Hit – the bands back catalogue is incredibly diverse.


“We’re a pop band, so everything first is rooted in that,” Innes offers, “but when you’ve been together as long as we have, and been through as much as we have as friends, you have to find ways to protect yourselves and push forward together

 

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Capital Ballroom
858 Yates Street
Bar / Nightclub
Capacity600
Not Accessible
since 2000

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Yukon Blonde - Dec 22nd @ Capital Ballroom

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