Their lyrics are as stupidly brilliant as their videos. YACHT (Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans) prophesies about everyday topics –lost pennies, dish washing, parties and summer songs– with danceable sounds. They spill humour in every beat. Reading their Myspace is better than listening to any Irishmen’s joke –and no mention about their witty videos.

I bet Jona could be the next Michel Gondry. He has taste and ideas. Take a glance to his serious solution for not appearing in Internet pictures: flickr blockers sun glasses. And don’t miss his bizarre car facial yoga remedy. This boy is just hilarious! I’m sure he’s that sort of guy who is good in everything he puts his heart into. And YACHT is his life project; so imagine.

On stage they’re mental. Their mise-en-scène is a must.  Casting directors, what are you waiting for? Someone should make the most of their talent! They “perform music” with weird movements, sometimes epileptic, sometimes just inhuman, but always energetic, expressive and contagious. Check the symptom of their dancing infection in the next video. We’ve warned you, follow the music flow at your own peril.

***YACHT has also been the first interviewee of our brand new Love & Hate Q&A:

♥ When you first wake up in the morning, what’s the first song or sound you most like to hear?

Like a Scientologist birth, we practice vows of total silence before noon. This allows us to focus our intentions for the day clearly without the impediment of vocalizing them.

 What’s the noise that annoys you the most in the whole wide world?

Mediocrity.

♥ Which are your top 5 bands at the moment?

 Tell us one song you hate but can’t get out of your head because the lyrics keep on coming back to you.

Ah, but that’s the nature of a mantra! We have many mantras which we repeat to ourselves in order to clear our minds. However, the one which comes back to us the most, which we can’t get out of heads — that one is our secret mantra. We swore in a somewhat complex ceremony that we’d never reveal it, and we won’t do so here.

♥ What is the weirdest place you would like to perform in and why?

We are constantly seeking “weirder” places to perform. The typical audience-performer divide in a traditional rock club setting bores us and leads the audience into complacency. We don’t want to further the stale illusion that the artist sacrifices talent for money, and that the audience sacrifices money for talent.

 What concert would you like to forget the most and why?

We believe that each and every concert holds a greater purpose, even if, at the time, it feels like a disaster. What are we without our past? Edmund Burke said “Those Who Don’t Know History Are Destined To Repeat It,” and we believe that applies to one’s personal and artistic history.

♥ What do you enjoy the most about playing in a band?

The expanding platform to disseminate our messages. You can hide so much in pop music.

 Can you think of any reason that would make you quit music?

Quitting music can be an exercise in planned obsolescence. If YACHT ever quits, it will be a well-planned, thoughtful end designed to sever an avenue of stagnant creative thought. Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, we could usher in new projects without the burden of history. That’s the only correct reason to quit anything.

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