The Yacht Club

With guitarist Jack Holland taking the helm on lyric writing and vocal duties for this track—one of a clutch of songs on the record penned that he penned—he explains of the inspiration behind the single: “This particular song is about some old friends who, in hindsight, often made me feel quite bad about myself just through being dismissive and belittling.

“These were people I shared my formative years with and ‘In Amber’ is about the disconnect between missing how those experiences made me feel, but not missing all of the people I shared them with.

“The end of the last chorus is a shout out to a very old friend of mine. We had left a house party in the small hours and were talking about ‘doing a notebook’ and laying in the road (like Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams do in The Notebook), so we did. It’s one of my fondest memories but I absolutely do not recommend doing it.”

Musically the single takes inspiration from Phoebe Bridgers, and one of the lyrics on the track—”the rays highlight the dents you left in me”—is a loose reference to ‘Always Be’ by friend of the band Natalie Evans.

“That song resonates in the same place for me,” explains Holland, “remembering something fondly but recognising that there’s negativity attached to the memory of a person.”

The Yacht Club will play a special album launch show planned for 26th January 2019 at The Sebright Arms in London, with further live dates TBA.

The Yacht Club 2018 Live Dates:

26.01.19 – London – Sebright Arms, London (Album launch)

‘In Amber’ artwork by Sally Winter: