{"id":33895,"date":"2020-06-24T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=33895"},"modified":"2020-06-22T21:14:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T01:14:06","slug":"premiere-am-taylor-bright-yellow-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/premiere-am-taylor-bright-yellow-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"PREMIERE: Am Taylor Offers Therapeutic Space-Rock on &#8220;Bright Yellow Sun&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33897 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/amtaylorlowres.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Am Taylor&#8217;s music is rich and contemplative, with intricate, dreamy guitar layers that mirror the lyrics&#8217; multiple meanings. Formerly the lead singer of the Atlanta band Sexual Side Effects, Taylor recently took a hiatus to launch their solo project, and today, they&#8217;re releasing their second single, &#8220;Bright Yellow Sun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the hypnotic track, Taylor blends elements of psychedelic rock and early Radiohead, with powerful guitar riffs and echoey, drawn-out vocals. The singer\/songwriter\/guitarist played with guitar pedal sounds to give the song a &#8220;dramatic, explosive vibe,&#8221; they explain.<\/p>\n<p>The original inspiration for the song came from a partner of Taylor&#8217;s who expressed suicidal thoughts; they wrote it about what they were feeling in that moment. But then, the imagery took on a life of its own, and it became about runner-chaser relationship dynamics and anxious and avoidant attachment styles, with the metaphor of the sun chasing the moon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think a lot of songs I&#8217;ve written are love songs, but \u2014 and I think all musicians do this \u2014 they come from a place of some kind of psychological shadow they&#8217;re working through or something deeper within their psyche,&#8221; they say.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the days of live performances, Taylor would play the song amid a cloud of fog with lights behind them for a &#8220;weird psychedelic other-worldly vibe.&#8221; The video produces the same effect, with rainbow colors swirling around Taylor along with images of ancient Mexican temples. They used a projector to create the cosmic backgrounds, aiming to visually represent the feeling of a bright yellow sun and to express their interest in New Age beliefs and the supernatural.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fRl8nQnVF78\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since the days of Sexual Side Effects&#8217; rock and roll, Taylor has been doing more acoustic songs and incorporating psychedelia and dream-pop. The dream-pop influences in particular are audible on their first single as a solo artist, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yq_HnjPp1U0\">Driving on the Edge of Night<\/a>,&#8221; where you can also hear classic rock influences and a slow, meditative beat a bit reminiscent of The Velvet Underground.<\/p>\n<p>On top of their music, Taylor recently took some time to work on illustrations that incorporate their interest in the occult, which they&#8217;ll eventually sell alongside more traditional band <a href=\"https:\/\/amtaylor.bandcamp.com\/merch\">merch<\/a> on their website. &#8220;After touring and playing a lot and dealing with bands breaking up and all that drama, I kind of became a hermit and started doing a lot of artwork, and it was a lot easier to sit around and do art and not have to try to get publicity or go on tour,&#8221; they reflect.<\/p>\n<p>Though Taylor is working on a full-length album that they plan to put out at some point, they&#8217;re initially focusing on releasing singles on Spotify in order to gain attention as a solo artist before the album release. They&#8217;re also collaborating with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaynecounty.com\/\">Jayne County<\/a>, the first openly trans singer in a punk-rock band and the inspiration for the musical <em>Hedwig and the Angry Inch<\/em>, on several songs. Together, they&#8217;re preparing to launch a debut single called &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Fit in Anywhere,&#8221; which County wrote about her experience with gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor, however, doesn&#8217;t generally write about being trans; they prefer to just let their life speak and be an inspiration for others. &#8220;I feel like my purpose within gender identity is to just be who I am as a person and let everybody else kind of interpret it and figure it out for themselves,&#8221; they explain. &#8220;When you&#8217;re just a human being and you&#8217;re being who you are and connect on that level, I think people see that, and if they had preconceived notions about what you&#8217;d expect, they can be shifted. I think my purpose in life is to just be who I am and let the world know it&#8217;s OK to just be who you are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Am Taylor on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amtaylormusic\/\">Facebook<\/a> for ongoing updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am Taylor&#8217;s music is rich and contemplative, with intricate, dreamy guitar layers that mirror the lyrics&#8217; multiple meanings. 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