YATSU And WANDERER To Release Split 7-Inch EP Via The Ghost Is Clear Records And Mummified Gasp Records December 20th; Songs Streaming + Preorders Posted

Metallic hardcore, powerviolence, and harsh noise collide in a two-way split between Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas-based YATSU and Minneapolis, Minnesota-based WANDERER, set to be released on December 20th via The Ghost Is Clear Records and Mummified Gasp Records.

Coming hot on the heels of their 2023 debut full-length, It Can’t Happen Here, YATSU returns with two new tracks that see the band continuing to refine their caustic mix of hardcore, grindcore, powerviolence, and noise rock. “October Seventh” and “Biological Bullseye” churn with dissonant riffs, pummeling rhythms, and fiercely direct sociopolitical lyrics. Both tracks are tied together by spoken word passages referencing the horrors in Gaza, making these songs some of the band’s most poignant material to date.

After the release of Indulgence Of The Unreal and its companion experimental collaboration Indulgence Remixed on February 25th of 2023 and 2024 respectively, WANDERER decided to re-imagine the first two songs from their 2016 record Gloom Daze. With a different vocalist and a whole new set of sonic tricks, WANDERER layer their newly evolved electronic-infused brutality into the framework of their older, more straightforward tracks. These re-recordings emphasize the sludge and death metal elements of the tracks while sharpening and honing the fast blasts of speed.

Comments YATSU, “These two songs have been in heavy rotation in our sets for a while now and desperately needed a home. We played a trio of shows with WANDERER back in March 2024 and we all hit it off extremely well. So, it made sense to release these songs on a split with our new friends and have our riffs cozy up with one another. These tracks are probably some of our most hard-hitting thus far.”

Comments WANDERER, “We clicked with the YATSU gang so well during our first shows together that it was almost inevitable that we would do a release together. YATSU is exactly the kind of music we think our world needs more of; music with a real message. We’ve been playing these songs for almost ten years, and they have evolved naturally through that experience, and recording them again in their new iterations seemed like a perfect way to call back to the beginnings of the band while also heavily hinting at our sonic future. This is also the debut release of our guitarist Brent’s new label Mummified Gasp, which we will be releasing new music through in the future as well.”

YATSU’s tracks were recorded, mixed, and mastered by Michael Briggs at Civil Audio in Denton, Texas. The instruments for WANDERER’s tracks were recorded live – engineered, mixed, and mastered by Adam Tucker at Signaturetone in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the vocals and synths recorded by Dan Lee. All four tracks were mastered for the vinyl release by Michael Briggs, and the split was completed with cover art by Hell Simulation and layout by Morgan Carpenter.

Stream YATSU’s “October Seventh” HERE and WANDERER‘s “Glass Chewer“ HERE.

The split will be released on limited Clear With Black Splatter 7” vinyl and digitally on December 20th — Find preorders HERE – with a limited cassette to see release via Mummified Gasp at a later date.

Track Listing:
Side A (YATSU):
1. October Seventh
2. Biological Bullseye
Side B (WANDERER):
1. Glass Chewer
2. Presence // Absence

YATSU:
Lane Oliver – guitar
Josh Huddleston – drums
Imran Syed – bass/vocals
JD Sweat – vocals
Michael Briggs – noise/manipulation

WANDERER:
Dan Lee – vocals, guitar, synth, samples
Mano Holgin – drums
Jack Carlson – bass, vocals
Brent Ericson – guitar, noise, vocals

YATSU by Ellie Alonzo