Yola - Stand For Myself (Pink Vinyl, Indie Exclusive) WBAD405761.1

Yola - Stand For Myself (Pink Vinyl, Indie Exclusive) WBAD405761.1Stand for Myself is the anthemic 2021 album from Yola. Produced by Dan Auerbach, the record marks an idiosyncratic sonic shift a sophisticated and diverse sonic mix of symphonic soul and classic pop, tracing an expansive musical thread to Yola's most eclectic musical inspirations. Yola's inimitable vocals share nuanced stories of allyship, black feminine strength through vulnerability, collective awakening and loving connection from the sexual to the

pausing only 15 seconds between songs and only 30 minutes between full album takes

The album includes versions of AC/DC's "Rock 'N' Roll Singer

Love and Memories 3

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

I left the theater and I was walking home to my apartment in Brooklyn

Walter Trout

2 Going Down (With John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr

As a whole the record moves like seasons - songs shift between chaos and intimacy

with influences ranging from noise music to piano-based laments to Southern rock to the rhythmic focus of techno - whatever he happened to be most interested in at the time

of course I need compassion

Recorded at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles with long-time producer/ collaborator James Ford

On tracks like "Shaking