Bob Balch and Yawning Man Collaborate for Yawning Balch; Album Recorded
What is a Yawning Balch? It’s a bit Yawning and a bit Balch, I suppose. The former is desert rock progenitor trio Yawning Man, working as the three-piece of founding guitarist Gary Arce with bassist Billy Cordell — Mario Lalli being busy touring his Mario Lalli and the Rubber Snake Charmers collaboration with vocalist Sean Wheeler and the dudes from Stöner — and drummer Bill Stinson, and the latter is Bob Balch, best known for the shred that accompanies all that fuzz in Fu Manchu.
The two parties apparently had a pre-Thanksgiving get-down and there’s an album — perhaps one, perhaps more — to be dug out of the jams. Neato, right?
It doesn’t sound like such a different process from that of Big Scenic Nowhere, which involves Arce, Balch and Stinson, along with a host of bassists and Mos Generator‘s Tony Reed. That band also got together out in the desert, recorded a ton of whatnot and then sent Balch home to start carving it into songs. They’ve gotten two records and two EPs out of those sessions so far, so I look forward to hearing what might emerge from Yawning Balch, though I’m not sure if that’s a name for a project or just the album title. At this point, it’s all pretty nebulous either way. They could end up calling it something completely different by the time it comes out, if it comes out.
And when might that be? Well I don’t know that either, but Balch shared a quickie clip of the recording on the ol’ sociables, so here’s that along with his brief announcement. When/if I hear more, I’ll post more:
I jammed with Yawning Man last weekend. Here is a small un-mixed/un-mastered clip in the bottom picture. We are calling the album YAWNING BALCH. I’m so honored to have my name involved with this band. Can’t wait for you to hear the album. We are sitting on three hours of jams. Might be a double record. Stay tuned!
Band photo by @gatostrail
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“They could end up calling it something completely different by the time it comes out”
‘Nebulous’?
Yeah, nebulous as in still taking shape. The impression I got was that, similar to Big Scenic Nowhere, Balch was going to take the jams back to his studio and carve them into songs. And they might drop ‘Yawning Balch’ altogether in favor of a different name, either for the album or the project.
Heheh sorry, that was not a pithy comment on your choice of words, but a silly joke at what they could call the project!
I imagine that the jams are strong.
Ah, sorry, okay. I misunderstood. Feeling sensitive, I guess. Thanks for clarifying.
Anything with Mr. Balch is guaranteed to be ace. I’m in. Haha