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YOTAM of Useless ID announce European tour dates in support of his upcoming release
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Yotam of Useless ID announce European tour dates in support of his upcoming release “CALIFORNIA SOUNDS” out Oct 30th 2015 via Hardline Entertainment! Joining him will be Mike Neograf (Lyons).

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29/10 Brussels @ La Porte Noire
30/10 Noord-Bradant @ Knoflook
1/11 Berlin @ Ramones Museum (Willwood)
2/11 Wroclaw @ Mei’s house
3/11 Valasske Mezirici @ Bar Lira
4/11 BRNO @ Pub U Dvou p?átel
5/11 Vienna @ Down Under
6/11 Slazburg @ Sub
7/11 Freiburg @ K.I.S.S
8/11 Antwerp @ Kavka
10/11 Nottingham @ The Dog House
11/11 Leeds @ Santiago Bar
12/11 Edinburgh TBA
13/11 Dundee @ Drouthy Neebors
14/11 Leceister @ The Exchange Bar
16/11 London TBA
18/11 Milan @ TBA with ROB MOIR
19/11 Livorno @ TBA with ROB MOIR
20/11 Lyon @ Yann’s House

ABOUT YOTAM-

Dropping everything you’re doing and starting from scratch is not an easy task especially when you’re in your mid 30’s.

After celebrating a successful 20 years of existence show with punk band Useless ID (Fat Wreck Chords) to a hometown crowd in Israel it was time to take a break.

Yotam set out to the States for some soul searching, the result: “California Sounds”.

After living in his car and random houses all over the States for the past 6 months in 2015, around 70 shows in with the likes of Frank Turner, Chad Price, The Ataris, Laura Jane Grace, etc…

Yotam stopped by Bob Hoag’s Flying Blanket Studios (Built to Spill, Ataris) which consists of mostly analog gear and guitars from the 1950’s, armed with 10 brand new songs and going for a vibe where you enter a studio and leave a day later with an album done like in in the early years of Bob Dylan.

“Nobody does this anymore, everyone is so caught up in sounding perfect and auto tune and it just kills character” he says, then adds “Bob was amazing, we did 1-2 takes of each song, making very quick decisions”

All live with some overdubs here and there, the album was mixed the next day and mastered a month later by Jason Livermore at The Blasting Room while Yotam passed by through Colorado for a show.