Yellow Melodies - Alternate Identities (CD)

Release Date: 06/03/14

Fun collection of covers and alternate versions from this Spanish janglepop band / RIYL: R.E.M., BMX Bandits

In mid-2010, the Yellow Melodies released their third full-length album, 'New Identities', on the band's own Discos Imprescindibles label. Two EPs preceded the lp, but over the following year and a half, the band released a single for the rest of the songs on the record. The first two were on other labels (a digital EP on Bubbletone and a 3' cd on Edition 59), but the others were all digital releases on the band's own label. Each of these singles had an exclusive b-side or three, including covers from Monograph, Suede and three from R.E.M., as well as alternate mixes of some album tracks. For fun, I had actually compiled this cd for my own collection (as bootlegged off the band's Bandcamp), but when I showed it to Rafa from the group, he suggested that I release it legitimately on Jigsaw, so of course, I took him up on the offer! So here you have it: the alternate version of the classic 'New Identities' album!