Yea-Ming and the Rumours – “I Can’t Have It All”

A new single and album announcement today from Bay Area strummers Yea-Ming and The Rumours. With a fuller sound that Chen has had in the past on her releases, the upcoming album promises to be her ‘pop’ album proper. Recorded with Meric Long (The Dodos) at Tiny Telephone Studios, the album finds the band swelling with members of other Oakland favorites Hits and Latitude. The first single is the sweet, swooning lament of “I Can’t Have It All.” Yea-Ming has alluded to a love of Camera Obscura, and it’s a good touchstone for the kind of confessional, intimate tone that’s attached to the track. Like Obscura, though, she also embraces the panoramic heartbreak of ‘60s productions from Spector to Clarence Johnson. It’s a sweet start to the album that definitely hooks the listener in for more. Drape the lamps and let this one spin in the background while the rain streaks the panes. Yea-Ming and the Rumours’ new album, I Can’t Have It All, is out May 24th from Dandy Boy Records.

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