yams To Release Full Album ‘day/dreams’ with Online Listening And Launch Party

Mari 3 years ago

Following the single release of part gospel-influenced ballad and upbeat rap single, ‘do you drive a nice car’, and dual contract 2-part singles ‘day/dreams & tears’, Singaporean producer and singer-songwriter yams will be releasing his full album, ‘day/dreams’ on all major digital streaming platforms on May 21, 2021. yams has also announced an online listening party which will take place on the evening of May 20th to countdown and celebrate the release of the album.

Call it a tale of two stories, where the album, ‘day/dreams’ comes in a dual narrative, one narrative about a nation wrapped within a personal narrative of a protagonist enduring a restless fitful night as he flits through a string of dreams and daydreams, reliving his dream of love, loss, sleeplessness, and stasis. The album centers itself around imperfect oppositions – day and dream, leaving and loving, runaway and home – things that are opposed and yet also not quite when presented together reveal much about the space in between.

yams explains, “When I started writing this album, I had 3 goals in mind – to present an alternative masculinity, to present something authentic, and to discuss issues not often discussed in the local music scene. Through this album, I hope listeners have a think about what dreaming means to them, what it means to be able to ‘dream’. As part of a young generation that is still finding its path and purpose, I hope that by asking myself these questions through this album of what home means to me and what does it mean to dream, I can inspire others to begin asking themselves these questions as well.”

day/dreams Online Listening Party
May 20th, 2021, 8PM (SGT)
URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/811482466162478/

Join him on May 20th, 8PM (SGT), for the launch of yams’ debut album ‘day/dreams‘. Be among the first to hear yams’ newest music, ahead of the album’s release on streaming platforms on 21 May.

For the launch, yams commissioned 10 artists of different mediums, each crafting animations reflecting and responding to songs and themes of the album. The listening party will showcase all of their emotive and moving work, each paired with their respective songs. These artists include celebrated local artist, Yanyun Chen, recipient of the Young Artist Award in 2020, pixel artist and actor, Numhom Techalapanarasme, animators, Nicky Kang, Shelby Ellis Goh, Andrew Kwan, visual artists, Alexis Chen, Vanessa Thian, and Farheen Asim, and videographers and photographers, Abel Koh, Dynn Othman, and Koh Zhi Hao.