{"id":26686,"date":"2025-03-08T18:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T18:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=26686"},"modified":"2025-03-08T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T18:22:08","slug":"the-yets-pinup-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/the-yets-pinup-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yets &#8211; Pinup Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Yets create a full dream-pop experience with Pinup Girl, merging ethereal looks and sad meditation. The duo &#8211; Craig Anderson Snook and Robin Wilson &#8211; draw inspiration from Cocteau Twins and Concrete Blonde, bringing an amalgam of lush guitar sounds, atmospheric synths, and dreamy\u00a0vocals that encourage mystery and nostalgia. Robin Wilson&#8217;s voice acts as the album&#8217;s emotional center, using between gentle whispers and dramatic blossoms, bringing dimension to the cinematic\u00a0sounds. Tracks like Define the Man highlight this attraction, with mysterious harmonies enhancing the song&#8217;s beautiful but dark vibe. Meanwhile, 3&#8217;s elevates the dream-pop elements to an artistic highest point, with expanding melodies and an almost theatrical passion. The production strikes a mix between classic and contemporary styles, mixing \u00a0guitars with lush layers of reverb, as seen in That&#8217;s All, which brings the listener back to the golden era of 4AD sound. Cronkite, on the other hand, stands out with an acoustic-driven introduction that evolves gradually into a dramatic, expressive adventure. The album is more than just floating soundscapes; there are moments of strong feeling and cinematic\u00a0beauty throughout. Hollow Oaks, for example, starts off as a jazzy piano ballad before perfectly changing into a dream-pop song with a contemporary feel. Overall, Pinup Girl is an interesting\u00a0record that combines\u00a0nostalgia with new, atmospheric storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=69407870\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/theyets1.bandcamp.com\/album\/pinup-girl-the-album\">Pinup Girl &#8211; The Album by The Yets<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit: photo by Gordon &amp; Jill Backman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theyets.com\/\">http:\/\/theyets.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theyets\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theyets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/the.yets\/\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/the.yets\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yets create a full dream-pop experience with Pinup Girl, merging ethereal looks and sad&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[533,4300],"class_list":["post-26686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-dream-pop","tag-the-yets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26688,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26686\/revisions\/26688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}