Human Heat

Yellow Ostrich at The Earl, Oct. 28, 2011

Yellow Ostrich, a band that I've enjoyed hearing over the past couple of years, have broken up. We've seen YO open for The Antlers at the godforsaken Masquerade and for Ra Ra Riot at The Earl back in 2011, and missed them at The Earl earlier this year.  But according to an email from frontman Alex Schaaf, we won't have a chance to make up for that missed show because "Yellow Ostrich will be playing our final show as a band.  We've had an amazing few years together, and we couldn't be more grateful and satisfied, but the time has come to move on to the next thing."  

"We want to give a huge thanks to all of you, for giving us a chance and listening. Connecting with you guys was the whole point, and we couldn't have gotten as far as we did without you.  We went all over the world with this band, and it was a great ride."

The demise of the band is unfortunate to hear, but the good news is that Alex has already started a new project called Human Heat, and has already released an initial EP, which you can stream below and features some terrific songs, not the least of which is opener All Night, featuring backup vocals by T. Lieberson of the band Teen (and before that Here We Go Magic).  

While we will fondly remember Yellow Ostrich (Marathon Runner, Whale), these songs give us reason to look forward to the next chapter from Alex.