Grasshoppers are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic period around 250 million years ago. Those species that make easily heard noises usually do so by rubbing a row of pegs on the hind legs against the forewings, this is known as stridulation. Yes grasshopper formed in 2020 and make noises with a guitar and some drums.
Emerging from England’s unforgiving northern coast, this dynamic duo present a wholly unique take on noise rock, with crushing riffs, white water rhythmic twists and barking intertwined vocals making way for heinously catchy hooks. And with the lyrics spinning esoteric tales over such a compelling foundation, Yes Grasshopper won’t let your undivided attention slip for a single second.
Their universe is one where both rage and joy jostle side-by-side, one moment buzzing with all the fury of a swarm of pissed-off mozzies, the next inviting the whole lot round for an unforgettable afterparty. Call it metal. Call it punk. Hell, call it hardcore-acid-math-crustcore if you want. What’s so striking is that it doesn’t deal in the usual palette of oppressive blacks and greys those genres invariably paint with, instead imagining a more kaleidoscopic and perhaps even welcoming landscape. And despite the heavy-as-heavy-can... more
credits
releases December 1, 2023
Yes Grasshopper is Jordie Cooke and Adam Stapleford
Recorded by Sam Grant
Mixed by Ben Jones
Mastered by Ben Jones
Artwork by Torgo Wells
Art layouts by Jonas Halsall
lyrics
Insert your dream, the end
Of your life reign
It’s innocent, no alibi,
Pain, Levitate, legitimise,
Sustain Levitate and
let them eyes stream
All work, no pay, mistreat
Stay late, repeat.
Look at the world
It isn’t working.
Take one nightmare,
repeat, Evil eyes watch
and facilitate
I’ll wait for
Ghost Dog, Great Fire,
breakthrough,
other side
Half life eater, spirit
Creature, Ghost Dog,
Great Fire, breakthrough,
other side,
Half life eater,
spirit creature.
Insert your dream
Take one nightmare, repeat
Evil eyes watch and
Facilitate. You won’t
see him two steps ahead
Look for the shadows
as they take of your head
Ghost Dog
Insert your dream, the end
Of your life reign
It’s innocent, no alibi,
Pain, Levitate, legitimise,
Sustain, Levitate and
let them eyes stream
Look at the world
It isn’t working.
Take one nightmare, repeat
Evil eyes watch and
facilitate
Look at the world
It isn’t working.
Take one nightmare, repeat
Evil eyes watch and
facilitate
I’ll wait for
Ghost Dog, Great Fire,
breakthrough,
other side
Half life eater, spirit
creature. Ghost Dog,
Great Fire, breakthrough,
other side,
Half life eater,
spirit creature.
Enter Yes Grasshopper, taking you on a trip into the
unexplored depths
of their hive mind, a place of ramshackle
rescue missions and uncanny
swamp monsters, all imagined through the lens of a fucked up B-movie
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