Yarn

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There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) Yarn is an American alt-country band from Brooklyn, NYC; 2) Yarn was a Ukrainian avant-folk band from Kyiv; 3) Yarn is an American downtempo/psychill artist from Los Angeles; 4) Yarn is an American rock band from Highland, Illinois; 5) Yarn is the duo Ferenc Majercsik and Nandor Horvath; 6) YARN is New Zealand DnB producer Keaun Owen from Dunedin; 7) Yarn was a Belgian indie-pop duo active during the 2010s; 8) Yarn is a German psych-punk trio from Düsseldorf. 1) Yarn is an American alt-country band from Brooklyn, NYC. Brooklyn might seem an odd place of origin for a country band. The perennial home of cold concrete, hipsters and industrial ruins has been most famous for its indie rock scene over the past decade. But to Blake Christiana, frontman and songwriter for Brooklyn-based Americana/Alt-Country band Yarn, it’s the place that offered not only solace from his Schenectady, NY upbringing and a place to meet other skilled musicians, but a certain anonymity perfect for a songwriter who crafts best in loneliness. Indeed, in the song “Time Burns On” off the band’s new record Come On In, Blake croons for the city in his best country twang, “I gotta get back / To my Brooklyn flat / Where the neighbors don’t know my name / And the forecast calls for rain.” Yarn received quite a bit of buzz in the Americana world as a result of the band’s first two recordings as well as strong performances at clubs and festiva