Y'all Is Fantasy Island

Infobox musical artist
Name = Y'all is Fantasy Island
Background = group_or_band


Img_capt = Adam Stafford of Y'all is Fantasy Island, performing at Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh)puic|Adam stafford yallisfantasyisland.jpg|log=2008 February 14
Landscape = yes
Years_active = 2001–Present
origin = Falkirk, Scotland
music_genre = Alternative rock
Alternative folk
Label = Panic in Year Zero
Current_members = Adam Stafford
Tommy Blair
Steven Tosh
Jamie Macleod

Y'all is Fantasy Island are a Scottish alternative folk band from Falkirk, formed in 2001.

Overview

Originally formed in 2001 by singer/songwriter Adam Stafford. After a couple of low-key releases, including 2002's cassette only "Wisconsin Death Trip" mini album and 2005's "Skeletal Demos" EP, Stafford recruited guitarist/sound engineer Tommy Blair and drummer/clarinettist Jon McCall. The band recruited bassist/keyboardist Robert Lesiuk in 2006 to help fill out their live sound.

McCall and Lesuik left the band in the summer of 2007 with McCall being replaced by Steven Tosh on drums and Jamie Macleod taking over bass duties.

2008 saw the band release their 2nd LP "Rescue Weekend", again to critical acclaim. The album was originally written and conceived as a separate project from the band, but when multi-instrumentalist Tosh joined in 2007, the band decided to issue it under the Y'all is banner on their own DIY Label, Wise Blood Industries.

The band subsequently released "With Handclaps EP" on Glasgow punk label Winning Sperm Party in August 08,"No Ceremony" in November 08 and "" in December, respectively (again on Winning Sperm Party). This notched the amount of releases In 2008 to four: one EP and three LPs.

The band continued to play live extensively through the year.

In Faceless Towns Forever

The trio of Stafford, Blair and McCall recorded the debut album "In Faceless Towns Forever" during a 19-hour session in an abandoned house in their home town. The album was released in 2006 on Falkirk-based indie label Panic in Year Zero and distributed by Cargo Records.

The LP received much acclaim from the Scottish Music Press, drawing comparisons to Leonard Cohen [http://www.paultonner.com/yifi/press_scans/4.jpg] , Ry Cooder [http://www.skinnymag.co.uk/content/view/1685/] and fellow Falkirk musicians Arab Strap. [http://www.paultonner.com/yifi/press_scans/5.jpg]

uper Puny Humans

In May 2007, YIFI embarked upon a short tour with Glasgow band Zoey Van Goey and Scottish writer Alan Bissett. Dubbed the Super Puny Humans, and inspired by Ballad of the Books project, the shows featured performances by both bands and sections with everyone on stage. Bissett would read from his published novels while both bands provided musical backing.

Discography

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/yifimusic Y'all is Fantasy Island on Myspace]

* [http://www.bebo.com/yifimusic YIFI on Bebo]