Yellow Days, the project of Geoge van den Broek will release his new album Rock and a Hard Place, on February 13 via Independent Co. News of the Yellow Days’ new LP arrives with lead-single “Sharon.”

van den Broek on “Sharon:”

“”Sharon” is about confiding in a female confidant and friend. I was inspired by being stuck in a lost period in life and the late-night conversations that would happen in a smoking area of a bar – indulging on themes of self-destructive tendencies and friendship. This song is ultimately about a friend helping you through a rough patch. Quietly encouraging you to follow your heart and not to get distracted by all the complications around you. A friend who believes in you despite your messy life.”

Van den Broek refers to the time between 2020’s A Day in a Yellow Beat and Rock and a Hard Place as the “lost years.” During the making of Rock and a Hard Place, van den Broek felt a “lightness on my feet.” Working out the songs on this record was like a long exhalation, a dismissal of the insecurities he’d harbored since his teen years. Obsessing over Ray Charles led him to hire a jazz fusion band out of Newcastle who could help him bring his vision to life. There is a vintage sheen to Rock and a Hard Place–van den Broek also cites Stevie Wonder and P-Funk as influences–but it is a record very much of its moment. At no other point in time could van den Broek have made it. Those “lost years” were transformative; all the time van den Broek initially thought were wasted contributed to the evolution of Yellow Days. “This feels like the most serious music I’ve made in a long time,” van den Broek says. It is the music he is most proud of.”

Yellow Days
Rock And A Hard Place
Tracklist
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1. ROADKILL
2. SPECIAL KIND OF WOMAN
3. LET ME DOWN EASY
4. GLITTER & GOLD
5. SHARON
6. LOVE IS GETTING COMPLICATED
7. BABY I’M FOR REAL
8. I CANNOT BELIEVE IN TOMORROW
9. WORRIED I’LL BREAK YOUR HEART
10. SHOOT ME WITH YOUR LOVE GUN
11. DAYLIGHT MIRACLES
12. CALIFORNIA
13. CAN’T FIGHT THE TEARS
14. YOU DIDN’T LEAVE ME

Pre-order Rock and a Hard Place by Yellow Days HERE