LIFE has released “My Yan”, the final single of their forthcoming album ABSTRACT / NATURAL’, arriving June 19th via EMI North and Launchpad+.
Speaking on the track, he elaborates: “This track is a love song. Yan in old Cumbrian means ‘one’ so I’m saying ‘The One’. This is the band’s favourite track from the album. It’s really dynamic, especially the middle-eight with all of its space and dreamlike textures that build to a monumental outro that we hope sounds like a journey towards new beginnings. Here’s a fun fact: shepherds in the Lake District counted sheep by going yan, twee, tree, fower (1,2,3,4). I wrote the lyrics in the lakes.”

During the project’s inception, he kept returning to a book of poetry he was writing on these travels, transforming his experiences in the hills and fells into an imagined world; one where genuine personal stories intertwine with folklore, myth and a cast of characters drawn directly from the rugged landscapes he encounters on the way.

Recorded at The Moon Factory, the band’s own studio on the banks of the Humber (a space they built themselves and now run as a creative hub for emerging Northern artists), ABSTRACT / NATURAL was produced by Stewart Baxter and Oliver Varga, mixed by James Kenosha and mastered by Stephen Kerrison.

Life includes Lydia Palmeira, Stewart Baxter, Mick Sanders and frontman Mez Sanders-Green.

LIFE
ABSTRACT / NATURAL’
EMI North Records/Launchpad+

1. Wild Grasses
2. The Dollywaggon
3. Turning In
4. Thistles Kiss
5. Mermaid Feet
6. My Yan
7. Drinking Games
8. Sun In Nancy
9. Buried Giant
10. Morning Fo

Life 2026 Tour Dates

Tuesday 23rd June – Brighton, Resident (instore)
Wednesday 24th June – London, Rough Trade East (instore)
Thursday 25th June – Liverpool, Jacaranda (instore)
Friday 26th June – Leeds, Jumbo Records (instore)
Friday 24th-Sunday 26th July – Deer Shed Festival, North Yorkshire
Thursday 1st October – Newcastle, The Grove
Friday 2nd October – Lincoln, Southside
Saturday 3rd October – Hebden Bridge, Trades Club
Tuesday 6th October – London, Moth Club
Wednesday 7th October – Southampton, The Joiners
Thursday 8th October – Bristol, Strange Brew
Friday 9th October – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Saturday 28th November – Vilnius, Lithuania, Kablys

Pre-order ABSTRACT / NATURAL by LIFE HERE