Yoke Lore
{{short description|American musician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| birth_name = Adrian Galvin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1989|12|27}}
| origin = Katonah, New York
| genre = Indie rock, indie folk
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist. composer
| instrument = Vocals, banjo, percussion
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = B3Sci Records, ILA, Big Indie, Yell House Records
| website = {{URL|www.yokelore.com}}
}}
Adrian Galvin, better known by his moniker Yoke Lore, is an American multi-instrumentalist, dancer, and visual artist from New York, United States.{{Cite web|date=January 3, 2018|title=Yoke Lore isn't afraid of becoming a popstar|url=https://ontheaside.com/music/yoke-lore-isnt-afraid-of-becoming-a-popstar/|access-date=March 20, 2020|website=A.Side|language=en-US}} Before going solo Galvin was a member of Walk the Moon and Yellerkin.{{Cite web|title=Prepare to Find Religion With Yoke Lore at Baby's All Right {{!}} The Village Voice|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/07/06/find-religion-with-yoke-lore-at-babys-all-right-in-brooklyn/|access-date=March 20, 2020|website=www.villagevoice.com|date=July 6, 2017}}
Early life
Galvin is from Katonah, New York, and both his parents were creative professionals who encouraged him to explore the arts.[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yoke-lore-mn0003540885/biography Yoke Lore] at Allmusic His brother is actor and singer Noah Galvin. His mother is Jewish and his father was Catholic.{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/culture/469137/yoke-lore-adrian-galvin-musician-banjo-player/|title=Musician Yoke Lore thrives as a pandemic hermit. Here's what he's gotten done}} Galvin's father died in November 2023, after a long battle with illness.{{Cite Instagram |user=YOKE LORE |postid=C0uS9ROPOt8 |date=11 December 2023 |title="Right after thanksgiving my father passed away..." |access-date=27 June 2024}}{{Cite Instagram |user=Noah Galvin |postid=C0uYy5pvL4E |date=11 December 2023 |title="My dad Austin Galvin passed away a couple weeks ago. He was little and generous and mighty and loud and filled with more love than anyone I’ve ever met. I miss him a lot." |access-date=27 June 2024}} Galvin attended Kenyon College where he began writing songs and playing drums for the band Walk the Moon.{{Cite web|title=Cleared for Liftoff – Kenyon Alumni Magazine|url=https://bulletin.kenyon.edu/feature/cleared-for-liftoff/|access-date=April 14, 2020|website=bulletin.kenyon.edu}} He split with the band to form a short-lived project called Yellerkin in 2013. Galvin lived in a monastery in India for a time after college. Yellerkin, which was based in Brooklyn, was co-founded with producer Luca Buccellati.{{Cite web|title=Song of the Day: Yellerkin – Tools|url=https://www.kexp.org/read/2015/01/19/song-of-the-day-yellerkin-tools/|access-date=April 14, 2020|website=www.kexp.org}}{{Cite web|date=September 2, 2014|title=Yellerkin – "Tools" (|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1706569/yellerkin-tools-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/|access-date=April 14, 2020|website=Stereogum}}
Yoke Lore
He released his first EP as Yoke Lore in 2016, and soon after performed at SXSW and toured internationally.[https://atwoodmagazine.com/yoke-lore-2017-interview/ Fighting the Happy War: Catching Up with Yoke Lore]. Atwood Magazine, June 13, 2017. Galvin is also a dancer and founded a dance group called Boomerang in 2016.
In late 2017, he released a video for the song "Beige".[https://nylon.com/articles/yoke-lore-beige-video Yoke Lore Pushes Against The Pop Machine In “Beige” Video]. Nylon, December 4, 2017. Late in 2019, he released the single "Dead Ringer".[https://ew.com/music/2019/11/08/yoke-lore-dead-ringer-in-the-basement/ Yoke Lore performs 'Dead Ringer' for EW's In The Basement]. Entertainment Weekly, November 8, 2019. Early in 2020, he collaborated with Jax Anderson on the single "Sensitive Heart".[https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8550967/yoke-lore-jax-anderson-sensitive-heart Yoke Lore and Jax Anderson Are Just a Couple of 'Sensitive Hearts' on Sweet New Track: Exclusive]. Billboard, February 14, 2020.
Discography
= LPs =
- Toward a Never Ending New Beginning (Yell House Records, September 22, 2023)
= EPs =
- Far Shore (B3SCI Records, May 6, 2016)
- Goodpain (ILA / Yell House Records, June 16, 2017)
- Yoke Lore on Audiotree Live- EP (Audiotree Music, August 28, 2017)
- Goodpain Remix EP (Big Indie / Yell House Records, January 12, 2018)
- Absolutes (Big Indie / Yell House Records, July 27, 2018)
- Meditations (Yell House Records, 2019)
= Singles =
- "Goodpain / Truly Madly Deeply – Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC" (October 11, 2017)
- "Last Christmas – Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC" (November 29, 2017)
- "Everybody Wants to Be Loved" with NVDES (August 30, 2019)
- "Chin Up / Safe and Sound (Mahogany Sessions)" (September 12, 2019
- "Dead Ringer" (September 27, 2019)
- "Bravado / Body Parts" (November 8, 2019)
- "Sensitive Heart" with Jax Anderson (February 14, 2020)
- "Fade Away" (August 7, 2020)
- "Shock Flesh" (May 13, 2022)
- ”Winona” (May 11, 2023)
- ”The Score” (August 16, 2024)
= Remixes =
- "Stoned" (Yoke Lore Remix) by Blondage (2017)
- "Lovesick." (Yoke Lore Remix) by Finlay (2019)
- "All the Same" (Yoke Lore Remix) by Future Generations (2019)
= Appearances=
- "Stringsnoise" on the album Good Death by Samuel Proffitt (November 30, 2018)
- "Wanted a Name" on the album Vacation by Frenship (January 16, 2019)
= Compositions for film =
- Pink Skies Ahead (2019)