Meet… Yawn Mower

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Yawn Mower by Jeff Crespi

Photo by Jeff Crespi

Asbury Park’s Yawn Mower has been at it for over a decade. Bob Makin, at The Aquarian, called them “great, fuzzed-out, doomy, surf-pop.” Upon signing to North Jersey indie Mint 400, they released numerous singles and EPs, with the full-length debut, To Each Their Own, in 2022, and this year’s model, I Just Can’t Wait To Die, as the follow-up. Makin even cited them as his “Makin Waves Band of the Year.”

Yawn Mower went over well at the 2023 Sea. Hear. Now. shore festival. The band is influenced as much by filmmaker Wes Anderson as it is by Pavement and Dinosaur Jr. Guitarists Mike Chick/Rudy Meier, drummer Biff Swenson, fiddler Nicole Scoresone and bassist Dana Yurcisin have honed their sound into a finely-etched sculpture of modernism. You can check ‘em out later this month at Wonder Bar in Asbury on the 27th.

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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