Attia Taylor

// Letters to YVYNYL //

premiere: Strange Parts - Weathersby

 / I keep telling everyone that talent grows here in Philly. 

Hi Mark,

It’s a true pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Attia Taylor! I’ve been following YVYNYL for a MINUTE. It’s true, I’ve been a reader/listener since my days as a teen on the Philly music scene. Thank you for existing and putting out good music.

I’ve since moved to NYC to follow my dreams and now here I am 6 years later doing something of that nature in research for a woman’s health non-profit. Moreover, in that time I have been working with my musical soul-mate, Corey Duncan of Oh! Pears to write a full length album. We sent emails across the country (he lived in Seattle at the time) with drum tracks, lots of humming, ambulances in the background, and a lot of mumbles. After some trips to Seattle and too much two buck chuck, we had an album.

Fast forward to about a year later I went down to Philly and Corey flew in to start recording the full length album with Jeff Zeigler in the middle of winter. We recorded for about three or four days but decided to lay down my vocals toward the end. The morning of the day I was to record all of my vocals I fell on an icy driveway, hit my head, and broke two of my teeth. My boyfriend rushed me to the hospital and his childhood dentist came in on a weekend to bend my front tooth back in place. Immediately after my trip to the dentist I went to the studio and youtubed how to sing through a lisp (chewing gum while singing does not work). This was one of the most physically painful and truly empowering experiences of my life. Never forget!

With all this said, our album is finally finally finished. Strange Parts is here and there are no lisps to be heard.

! Let me know if you’re into it. Otherwise, if you don’t respond to this I’ll be forced to look for a mailing address.

All the best, Attia T.

P.S. – We’re opening for Adia Victoria at Johnny Brenda’s on October 17th.

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Johnny Brenda’s September 2nd with Valley Exit and Emily Robb. Photo by Emily Carris

Attia made a trip to PA a few months back to record an On The Hill session for Kettle Pot Tracks. Here she performs her song BTC from her latest EP, Luxurious Corners released this year onearSnake. The session is the result of a warm space, great production, and creative people. Take a moment to support this great project so they can grow and continue bringing creative minds together! You can also download the rest of the tracks from Attia’s session, here! Enjoy!

Attia taylor (Taken with Instagram)

Day 3 of Permanent Wave Fest in Brooklyn