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AYA YVES
on grief & hope with
‘P.S.’
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Photo – Jess Gleeson
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*this piece mentions grief over a death due to terminal illness. If you’re not in a place to read something like this please make sure you put yourself first and don’t forget to reach out for support – Lifeline 13 11 14.
Aya Yves returns for her second release of 2022, and it’s one that’ll make you look for your box of tissues. The emotive track ‘p.s.’ explores themes of love, grief, hope- and how they tend to co-exist. Co-written with Aya’s long time collaborator Bri Clark and co-written & produced by Pat Byrne (Beso Palma, Lola Scott, Gia Vorne), the song was inspired by the time preceding her sister’s passing in 2021. The track was mixed by Jordan Leonard and mastered by Andrew Edgeson at Studios 301.
“I knew back when I wrote Dear E. that it was impossible to fit a lifetime of love, now what will be a lifetime of grief, into one song. ‘P.s.’ is a reflection of that. I will always have more I wish I could have said, and forever will wish there were more memories I could have made with my sister. All I have now is the love that sometimes is too painful to carry- but that’s how I know it was real. The night before writing p.s. my sister said she was tired, that she was ready to go. I understood, even if I didn’t like it. I said she didn’t need it, but she had my permission.
I spent the majority of that writing session sitting under Pat’s studio desk crying. I really have to give credit to both Bri & Pat knowing how to work the delicate balance of approaching writing personal songs with such sensitivity and care. I’m honoured to have them as both close friends and collaborators who held the space for me that day – and helped me get what I wanted to say in the right words.
We did the vocals in one take into a shitty sm57 instrument mic, assuming we’d re-track them later. When it came to finishing the song months later, I knew I wouldn’t be able to recreate the emotion from that day, so the demo vocals are what you’re hearing now. When we finished the demo, it didn’t have a title yet. The same night I showed a friend and they said it gave them ‘Dear E.’ vibes – that’s when I decided to call it p.s.
P.s. gives me a space to let myself feel every bit of it when I need to- now I hope it can do the same for anyone else who might need it. “
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AYA YVES Bio:
Hitting the ground running since the release of her debut EP What We Look Like With The Light On produced by Xavier Dunn (Jack River, CXLOE, GRAACE, Carmada, Peking Duk), Aya has amassed over 700,000 streams, was selected to showcase for the Apra AMCOS & Mardi Gras Express Yourself – Queer Discovery Showcase, performed multiple times for Isol-aid, opened for Hands Like Houses, played Canberra’s very own Live in Ya Lounge and packed out two shows at the iconic Oxford Art Factory – no small feat for an independent emerging artist. Add in a collaboration with industry icon Boy George and it’s easy to see why Aya has taken the industry by surprise.
There’s no doubt that with her otherworldly vocal abilities and honest approach to songwriting, Aya Yves is quickly becoming one of the premier emerging faces in Australian pop.
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