Cold analouge synthesizers, a wall of guitar noise and icy angst
On their eponymous 1995 debut album, Swedish six piece Yvonne managed to reach a zone of their own. A perfectly balanced blend of cold analouge synthesizers, a wall of guitar noise and icy angst. Like a meeting between Kraftwerk, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Joy Division.
The follow-up, "Getting out, Getting Anywhere", released two years later, saw Yvonne move towards a more ordinary rock sound. But with the better production qualities and the almost total lack of electronic instruments, a lot of the feeling of the debut disappeared. "Getting out, Getting Anywhere" still had many good songs, but just didn't feel as unique as the debut.

Two hard years
After the album Yvonne were surrounded by silence for a long time. The band didn't get along with their record company, Beat That/Energy, and on top of that, two of the members left the band.
- We've had a hard time the last two years, singer Henric de la Cour says when I meet him and bass player Johan Skugge. But now, we feel better than ever as a band.
"Getting out, Getting Anywhere" was a conscious attempt to get rid of the label as Joy Division copies and as a "synth" band, Yvonne constantly received in the beginning. The label was probably more due to their image, characterized by white shirts, black ties and eyeliner, than their music.
- Well, we didn't do much to avoid that label in the beginning, de la Cour says. We were simply young and grumpy.

The latest EP combines Yvonne's different sounds
But the EP "My Man Foreverman", released this spring on Starboy Recordings, has a sound that combines the two earlier incarnations of the band: the rock sound of the second album meets the synthesizers and the emotional intensity of the first.
- When we made our second album, we thought the first one was the worst record we had ever heard! Henric de la Cour says. So we excluded the synthesizers and only used piano and organ. But now we've come to terms with the fact that the first album actually had its moments, so there are a lot more synthesizers this time.

Countdown to new album
The new, yet to be titled, album will be released on September 27, preceded by the single "Sleepless Nights" on September 6.
- The album will contain a lot of ballads, de la Cour reveals. We've realized that we're best in our slower moments, so there will only be some two or three faster songs. It's a bit more focused on the vocals as well. That may depend on the fact that there are a couple of real soul fans in the band.
Although Henric de la Cour says that he and the keyboard players write most of the songs, Yvonne is a fairly democratic band. This can have its difficulties in a band with six members.
- Everything works well, the only problem is that it takes so much time, he sighs when asked about how the recordings go.
Do the lyrics come easy for you?
- No, definitely not. I don't like that part at all. I don't know how it should be done, where you should draw the line so that it doesn't get too personal. It's difficult and hard. So I can only say this to all you kids trying out there: Don't do it! he laughs.