Maintenant que nous sommes en France, et que nous partageons des nouveaux amis Francophones, il semble que c'est le moment de commencer a faire des blogs bilingues. Bienvenue sur l'equipe YACHT ! Ca me fait bizarre de retrouver cette ville que je connais si bien, et de trouver que Jona s'y debrouille comme s'il y habitait toute sa vie.

On est a Paris depuis deux semaines, en plein squat dans un appartement luxueux du 9eme. On y prend un peu nos vacances, apres cette tournee fievreuse que nous avions fait aux USA. Jona profite du calme pour bosser a mort sur son nouvel album, et de reprendre son role d'internaute international. Moi, je derive dans les rues de Paris, je connecte, je fais des recherches debiles sur les OVNIS.

Ca tombe bien qu'on est ici, car ca donne l'occasion pour des exceptionnels concerts de YACHT. Le spectacle au Centre George Pompidou avec Lucky Dragons et Bobby Birdman etait vraiment " mega. " C'est difficile a decrire la soiree : le theatre etait deja assez impressionnant, le public large et enthousiaste, et le tout s'est deroule sans aucun probleme. Luke a cree un logiciel avec lequel il etait possible de remplacer une couleur de la video en live avec une animation ou une video quelconque. Le resultat : comme tout le monde sur scene etait habille en vert, les projections video sur l'immense ecran du theatre manifestait les tetes de nos amis flottant sur un ocean aleatoire de couleurs psychedeliques. C'etait frappant.

Jona a aussi pu faire un concert ? la Fleche D?Or avec les Junior Boys. ?a c?est ?galement bien pass?: projections digitales, fausse barbe, exercices de danse d?lirants. On a rencontr? plein de nouveaux bienfaiteurs et d?amis ? les photographes Pictures & Co, par exemple, qui sont ?norm?ment sympas et qui sont passe?s chez nous hier prendre des photos de Jona en poses ??fashion.?? On n?arr?te pas de trouver des gens sympas de ces temps-ci, j?esp?re que ce motif continuera pour ce qui reste de notre s?jour en France.

Bises,

Claire

Happy Halloween!

This trip has been incredibly low stress and nice, guys. The shows with Rob and Luke were very awesome and I feel super honored to have had the chance to play at a museum! The Pompidou! Come on! I've been in Paris for just over a week now and it feels completely normal to me. I think it helps that I'm staying literally blocks from the hotel I stayed in last year during the TV show madness, making the 9th the neighborhood I know the best. I was worried about finding vegan places to eat, but the joined forces of local friends and the Happy Cow website have come through and made it both very easy and awesome. Basically my vibe here is working on thew new album, eating organic bread from the bakery next door, going out to vegetarian restaurants, and watching Lost episodes projected on the wall. I'm really thankful to have this very, very, very relaxed and super cozy experience here. I know it won't last forever, and it feels extra special.

I miss you Whiskers! I miss you friends! I'm excited to come home to Portland in December and live in our apartment that we only just moved into. I'm excited to drink cocoa with you guys.

The Blow album is finally out! You can buy it here through K Records if you live in the US, here through Tomlab if you live in Europe, and here through Popfrenzy if you live in Australia. This is my fist "worldwide" release and I'm really excited and proud of it. I won't be touring with Khaela, but don't worry I'll see you soon when this new YACHT record comes out and I tour forever and stop in your city and country!

This week we (The Blow) are the featured iTunes Single of the Week! Check out the iTunes page! Download it here:

Oh my god you guys! As of right now there are 248 "reviews" of the download and they are something! A lot of them are from kids that don't have explicit tracks (for some reason all of the album is marked with a big red EXPLICIT when only one song two songs say "shit"), and a lot of them call on the clever pun of "The Blow Blows!" It's pretty incredible to how a deeply wide audience reacts to our music. Surprisingly a lot of people mention that they think the song should be on Grey's Anatomy, a doctor TV show I've never seen. Thoughts?

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