Oakland, CA based darkwave/post-punk project Yama Uba will release a debut full-length soon: Silhouettes, out Jan. 24 via Psychic Eye and Ratskin Records on vinyl, cd, and digitally. The project was founded by Akiko Sampson (Ötzi) with collaboration by Winter Zora (Ötzi, Mystic Priestess). It originated in 2017, with Zora joined forces in 2020, releasing the Laura/Isolation EP along the way.
Check out a single here.
Sampson previously talked with SPB about balancing work with art in our Don't Quit Your Dayjob series.
Track Listing:
1. Disappear
2. Shapes [Listen]
3. Shatter
4. Façade
5. I’m in Love with a German Film Star (The Passions cover)
6. Isolation
7. Laura
8. Claustrophobia
9. Angel
