Flicks, licks, party tricks
Yee Loi Debut Album Flicks, Licks, Party Tricks Announced After Denmark Street Set
Liverpool punk trio Yee Loi have announced their debut album, Flicks, licks, party tricks. Presale starts Tuesday 5 October on Townsend.
They marked it with a packed basement set at Yungblud’s Denmark Street store in Soho — Rose on guitar and backing vocals, Matilda on drums and vocals, Don Don on bass. Recent single “Social Suicide” sat next to “Down In The Bunker”, plus older cuts “Why Ask Why” and “Mystery Train”, and two unheard album tracks, “Miraclist” and “Picture Perfect”. Kerrang!, MTV UK and Northern Exposure have already had the singles on song-of-the-week lists.
The record is Ramones-informed UK punk with their own melodic DIY stamp. Matilda said the title is the joy of playing this fast: go crazy on stage and drag the room with you. She also wanted her own lyrics and melodies out, not another set of covers. Rose is proud the guitar is hers, influences and all, and that the songs make the case that young girls can play this stuff as hard as anyone. Don Don, usually the quiet one, put it flatter: he is done with lightweight, backing-tracked songs passing for punk.
“Social Suicide” is the industry row — ability not enough, souls traded for views. Rose: they just want punk rock and roll songs that move people. “We don’t really care what people think. It’s the way that we were raised.”
Transvision Vamp tour — October
Wendy James handpicked them for Transvision Vamp’s first full UK tour since 1991.
- 6 Oct – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
- 9 Oct – Glasgow, O2 Academy
- 10 Oct – Leeds, O2 Academy
- 14 Oct – Cambridge, Junction
- 15 Oct – Leicester, O2 Academy
- 16 Oct – Liverpool, O2 Academy
- 17 Oct – Oxford, O2 Academy
- 18 Oct – Cardiff, Tramshed
- 20 Oct – Manchester, O2 Ritz
- 21 Oct – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
- 22 Oct – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
- 24 Oct – Norwich, Epic
- 28 Oct – Brighton, Chalk
- 29 Oct – Birmingham, O2 Institute
- 30 Oct – Bristol, O2 Academy
Flicks, licks, party tricks tracklist
Side 1: Down In The Bunker / Performer / Why Ask Why / Stalker / Move On / Gatekeeper
Side 2: Picture Perfect / Miraclist / Social Suicide / 5000 Days / White Hat / Count Me Out
Rock News final word: Flicks, licks, party tricks is the debut after the Denmark Street proof-of-life. Presale is 5 October. Until then they are the support on a Transvision Vamp tour that has not happened in 35 years — not a bad way to take a first album around the country.
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FAQs – Flicks, licks, party tricks
When is the Yee Loi debut album out?
Flicks, licks, party tricks goes on presale 5 October via Townsend. Full release date not listed in the announcement.
Who are Yee Loi?
Teenage siblings Rose, Matilda and Don Don, a Liverpool punk trio.
What does Flicks, licks, party tricks sound like?
High-energy UK punk with Ramones DNA and their own melodic DIY streak.
Who are they touring with?
Transvision Vamp, October, nationwide.
Where can I hear them now?
“Social Suicide” and “Down In The Bunker” are the current singles.
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