FYM DESIGN: MARY LAMBERT ° POSTER DESIGN

It's been an incredible ride watching Mary Lambert rise to massive success over the past year and a half. Last week she reached out to us to design another show poster for her (and it's one of our favorites).

Mary recently signed to Capitol Records, continues to perform on Macklemore's The Heist world tour, and has a huge solo concert coming up in February (which we created above). Purchase tickets HERE.



FYM wanted to create something very clean and straight-forward for this poster. The hacked triangles together represent an 'M' icon for us. We kept the date and time subtle, as Mary's name alone will stop people on the streets to look more closely at the details. With just a few hints of texture, we focused on making this very modern, playing with white space, typography weights and color theory. We hope you enjoy. Cheers, FYM.

FYM PREVIEW: THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM, FAKE PROBLEMS, SEATTLE!

The Gaslight Anthem's Jersey approved brand of honest working class punk rock n' roll, will be on display September 13th, 2010 at the Shoxbox SODO in Seattle Washington, USA.

They have a dedicated group of fans in every city they play, so buy tickets asap, as it's sure to sellout!



FYM favorite, The 59' Sound is the perfect sonic illustration of how these guys can paint pictures through introspective chorus, carrying with them a "Stay Golden Pony Boy" attitude.

Also, be sure not to miss Gaslight Anthem label-mates Fake Problems, as they are currently on tour together.



Featuring dirt in your wound lead vocals, and memorable sing-along melodies, The Dream Team exemplifies what a solid tag-team of punk rock n' roll The Gaslight Anthem and Fake Problems will be 9.13.10 at the Showbox SODO in Seattle!

FYM ON THE LIST: MIDWEST REPRESENT!

SubPop Records latest dulcet contingency Jaill, bucked up and blew FYM away Wednesday evening at the Showbox in Seattle. Hailing from Milwaukee Wisconsin USA, Jaill played in front of a loose crowd coasting to their Midwestern guitar-rolling, Lake Michigan surf sound!

Jaill LIVE is something to witness! Balancing their rapid tunes with a witty one-liner undertow (even dedicating a song to all mustached men who are poor lovers). Jaill kept spirits high, and motivated to hear more! 

FYM's stand out track of their set was Always Wrong: featuring an engagingly, energetic-despondence in lead singer Vincent Kircher's vocals, and dynamic dueling guitar riffs. It's a floaty tune we can't get out of our heads! Jaill has a new record out on SubPop called That's How We Burn. It's a well-rounded album that deserves multiple listens, to take in a few of the tracks (including FYM's standout jam of the show Always Wrong) go HERE!

Jaill continue their tour across the United States through mid-September, after seeing them live you won't be disappointed!

PART 2: THE HOLD STEADY

The Hold Steady are based in Brooklyn now, but lead signer Craig Finn's heart, still remains in the upper Midwest. The FYM crew can relate to Finn's preaching, as two-thirds of forYoungModerns grew up alongside the Mississippi River (Quad Cities, USA). 

The frontman's lyrics are like a cannery row (John Steinbeck) of Midwestern archetypes, about the boys and girls in America. His words are a rapid reminder to us of our friends back in a place we will always call home. If you ever want to know about the issues, scene politics, and mythology that has happened in the heart of the United States, listen to The Hold Steady.

With that said, FYM was on the scene Wednesday ordering double-whiskey cokes with no ice (in honor of the Constructive Summer lyrics), and donning a Lock and Dam 15 river hat JCodling's father had given him, needless to say we were pumped!

The second song into The Hold Steady set: Constructive Summer sent the FYM crew dashing past bodies to the front of the stage! This is our sing-along song! Screaming our hearts out to the words we've sang many-a time before, it felt good to be sandwiched up front with other feverish brothers and sisters.

THS put to rest any anxiety we had about keyboardist Franz Nicolay's departure. Craig Finn's energy surpasses any other frontman we have ever seen live. Finn's "look" resembles the college dude you would go to when you're 17 and looking to score beer before the Iowa game. And that's not a knock at him, it's real. The Hold Steady remind us that rock n' roll is not dead, and doesn't need to be played while wearing eye-liner (green day :l ).

FYM can't recall a time during the show when Finn wasn't engaging the audience with a smile. The Hold Steady allow their fans to put their problems behind them for 90 minutes, and suddenly a "we're in this together feeling" starts to come out.

THS broke into their encore with sing-along scriptures, Gotta Stay Positive. The Hold Steady can only give us hope that one day, in the scene where I come from, "there's gonna come a time when the true scene leaders will forget where they differ, and get big picture."

But for now, go down to your local record store (silver platters) and pick up Heaven is Whenever, The Hold Steady's latest release!

(Editors Note: Cheers to SubPop, Jaill, and The Hold Steady for an unforgettable slice of back home last night.)

FYM ON THE LIST: MOOOLS/WOLF PARADE, SEATTLE

I first met Spencer Krug while taking photos archiving the infamous Frog Eyes/Sunset Rubdown daytrotter.com session. At the time I met him, he was coming down the studio stairs, and as I roamed around the studio archiving both sessions, Kurg's talent was searing and mythically apparent. Over the course of the evening he eliminated most of a bottle of Jameson, and recorded some remarkable music with both bands.

Last night FYM was able to see (finally!) Spencers other musical denomination, Wolf Parade. Over their past three albums FYM has had a listening love affair with the dual song-writing dynamic between Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner. Their work together in Wolf Parade has created some of the most intense musical landscapes for dreamers. It's the lonely drinking music that can get you through the night, or an entire summer away from your lover.

The sold out evening at the Showbox in Seattle, began with the Japanese rock superheroes, MOOOLS (FYM has wanted to see these guys for a REALLY longtime). Their set was comprised of well-crafted, technical indie rock jams.

Moools, who play their entire set in their native language,  reminded FYM of how universal music is. Their sound, and high-spirited performance, transcended language boundaries, rapidly winning the approval of the crowd tune after tune.

In an age of digital incognito, The Moools live show, lifts a heavy-heart, and unified the audience before Wolf Parade started their set.

Wolf Parade took stage at 10:30pm. Their 90 mintue journey started off with "Soldiers Grin," a song we obsessively listened to last summer (we are still rooted to the place that we sprang from).

The band looked stoked to be performing on this sold-out evening (many-many sincere thank yous were given to the audience throughout the night), and Spencer assured the crowd a well balanced set from all three albums would be played. The setlist was sooo nonpartisan that Dan and Spencer literally went one for one, evenly trading off performing lead vocal duties for each of their songs.

The first singles off Expo 86, "What Did My Lover Say (It Always Had To Go This Way)" and "Ghost Pressure" both sounded flawless. I soon realized, their albums are merely a reference point for the energy, and musical prowess that these guys put into their live shows.

The enthusiastic crowd hit their zenith as Arlen Thompson (drums) repeatedly beat out the first notes to "I'll Believe In Anything" Wolf Parade's most epic mountain of emotional din. We pushed our way forward pointing fingers to the sky, screaming out the words we've heard so many times.

Wolf Parade's last song before the inevitable encore, closed with Spencer Krug's heart crushing "California Dreamer." By this time the alcohol, and coffee, had dehydrated (and over-heated) our damp bodies. We stood shoulder to shoulder, with the chanting audience, awaiting the ENCORE!

Wolf Parade came back for a three jam encore, with each song representing one of their three albums. This exhaustingly amazing show ended with a song both Spencer and Dan sing on "Kissing the Bee Hive." They jammed out for 15 minutes getting as close to the 12am Showbox curfew as they could!

Moools, and Wolf Parade both gave stellar performances. And nights like these, are the reason why we keep chasing the thrill of seeing live music. It's a special thing when people step away from their computers to go sweat and sing along with their favorite tunes in a compact environment for 120 minutes. A special thanks to Moools for giving us a spot of the guest list, to go on an adventure with two incredible bands.

(Story and Pictures By: J Codling)