The earth, the earth, the earth is on fire. We don't have no daughter. Let the motherfucker burn.
Quite the opening, eh? YACHT is a group that falls somewhere between electronic and every other genre...with tendencies towards industrial pop and all things gritty, maybe alternative. "Dystopia" is a pop song for people who hate pop; part of why YACHT sets themselves apart from the rest of the electronic acts. They focus just as much on vocals as they do on the noise. There is no need to obscure anything...Jona Bechtolt sings exactly how she should: full of power and bravado. This lady can sing.
"Dystopia" is about what you think it is. The end of the world. Isolation. Nothing but bad things on the horizon (every day the flames get higher). The earth is on fire. Jona's words mixed with fuzzy synths, the pound of a keyboard, and the shake of a tame tambourine paint a strange picture of post-apocalyptic Earth. In her voice, you can sense that Jona is tired of the way things are. Who wouldn't be?
It feels like I'm rambling in this posting...blame that on seven hours of sleep sandwiched between a wall and a friend on a futon not meant for three people...but every word I say about YACHT and "Dystopia" is true. You don't need to be fully awake to know that.
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