{"id":5629,"date":"2014-10-15T13:51:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T17:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/?p=5629"},"modified":"2016-11-11T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T19:54:14","slug":"yacht-are-back-with-new-single-works-like-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/yacht-are-back-with-new-single-works-like-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"YACHT are back with new single &#8220;Works Like Magic&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author | Michelle King<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5632\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/yacht-are-back-with-new-single-works-like-magic\/yacht-live-echoplex1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"YACHT-Live-Echoplex1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1.jpg?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1.jpg?fit=1024%2C682\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5632\" alt=\"YACHT-Live-Echoplex1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1-1024x682.jpg?resize=274%2C181\" width=\"274\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1.jpg?resize=192%2C128 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1.jpg?resize=940%2C626 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=274%2C181 548w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Live-Echoplex1.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=274%2C181 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a>Gloriously returning to us after a somewhat-significant hiatus, cult electro pop collective\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/teamyacht.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">YACHT<\/a>, have released the first single off their upcoming new EP\u00a0<i>Where Does This Disco?<\/i>, out\u00a0November 11\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/downtownrecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Works Like Magic by YACHT\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F169321408&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While on first listen, one might think &#8220;Works Like Magic&#8221; is a straight-forward number about an intimate relationship, listening closer will make the meaning a bit more ambiguous. Are we talking about sex here, or technology? Or both?<\/p>\n<p>YACHT explain in an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/6266473\/yacht-works-like-magic-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard<\/a>, &#8220;The science fiction writer J.G. Ballard once said that \u201csex times technology equals the future.\u201d We argue that sex and technology coexist in our present: we touch, we push buttons, we seek intimacy in screens. When we connect, it works like magic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The track is club ready and probably a bit more accessible than most of what you find on their last album (<i>Shangri-La<\/i>, 2011), but it&#8217;s still got the same elements of call-and-response, hand claps, and funky beats. It&#8217;s unquestionably YACHT, and we can&#8217;t wait for more.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Yacht on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yacht\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YACHT\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/teamyacht\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2413\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/recommended-band-this-week-the-blow\/michelle-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?fit=810%2C812\" data-orig-size=\"810,812\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"michelle king\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?fit=810%2C812\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2413\" alt=\"michelle king\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=620%2C621 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?resize=90%2C90 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/michelle.jpg?w=810 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMichelle King is a music fiend currently residing in Athens, GA. While her business card will tell you she is executive manager and director of publicity at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noisyghostpr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noisy Ghost PR<\/a>, you can also find her blogging at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheturnsthetables.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">She Turns the Tables<\/a>, racing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realitybikes.com\/default.aspx?SectID=1\" target=\"_blank\">Reality Bikes<\/a>, and going on adventures with her awesome dog.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Michelle on <a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/meking11\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> for up to the minute musical suggestions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author | Michelle King Gloriously returning to us after a somewhat-significant hiatus, cult electro pop collective\u00a0YACHT, have released the first single off their upcoming new EP\u00a0Where Does This Disco?, out\u00a0November 11\u00a0on\u00a0Downtown Records. While on first listen, one might think &#8220;Works Like Magic&#8221; is a straight-forward number about an intimate relationship, listening closer will make the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2065],"tags":[1473,278,360,1481,1482,1477,1483,241,135,43,1475,1147,1476,1474,1472],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-5629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-billboard","tag-electro-pop","tag-ep","tag-funky","tag-hand-claps","tag-intimate","tag-jg-ballard","tag-michelle-king","tag-posture","tag-posturemag","tag-science-fiction","tag-shangri-la","tag-where-does-this-disco","tag-words-like-magic","tag-yacht"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/YACHT-Tomboys.jpg?fit=1584%2C1008","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6QBV8-1sN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5629"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5636,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions\/5636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5629"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}