YHWH Nailgun + X & Yde

YHWH Nailgun

The quartet of Zack Borzone (vox), Jack Tobias (synth), Sam Pickard (drums), and Saguiv Rosenstock (guitar) display an innate ability to translate a primitive spirit into a modern form. 

Born during the lockdown as an experimental project between Borzone and Pickard in Philadelphia, the group expanded as the two moved to New York, adding Tobias for their debut self-titled EP, which was produced by Rosenstock, who was then integrated into the band. That first collection is one of self-discovery, of finding the tools necessary to make songs within the band’s own ecosystem. 

They honed in on their own world and their collaborative, close-knit writing process, discovering the essential structures and feelings that make YHWH Nailgun.

X & Yde

The duo X & Yde have just released their EP “Sound of a Bite” via tastemaker label odyxxey.

The EP marks the first collaborative release from the two friends otherwise known as musicians Ydegirl & Xenia Xamanek after the artists initially came together to make music in the basement studio on Palestine’s Plads in Copenhagen back in 2019.

“Sound of a Bite” explores freedom, queer liberation and soft eroticism through soaring guitars and freestyles. The titular track features a shredding guitar solo from legendary artists Lola Hammerich (Baby in Vain) and ML Buch that compliments and further challenges the notion of superficial interactions and highlights the tension between fiction and reality.