PREMIERE: Yosh & Yimmy Feel Pretty Good When They’re “Down & Out”

After meeting in 2015, when Josh Glenn opened for Jimmy Willden at the final show of his 2015 tour, the two bearded gingers continued playing shows together. Over time, the shows evolved into Yosh & Yimmy, as they performed as a duo, and began writing songs together.

That union led to their first release, “Americana Summer” in March of 2019, and supported by their first joint national tour that summer.

2020 was spent writing more songs, and preparing to return to the studio, but not before completing the mixes for their first live record, “Yosh & Yimmy: Yive in Concert”.

Oft delayed by COVID-19, the album (originally intended as a 2020 release) was finally unleashed on the world in March of 2021. Recorded at the final performance of their Americana Summer Tour, in Athens, GA, “Yive in Concert” features singles such as “World is Sound Asleep” and “The Day You Learned to Fly”, showcasing Yosh & Yimmy’s eclectic style, all the while marrying rich harmonies with thought-provoking lyrics.

And beards.

Currently, Yosh & Yimmy are in the studio working on their debut full-length album. The first single, “Down & Out” will be released Aug. 20.

On “Down & Out,” the pair entwine beautiful harmonies to muse on the fact that maybe losing everything isn’t so bad.

“‘Down & Out’ is inspired by how we as artists tend to deliver our best work when we are down on our luck, or heartbroken,” the pair tell Adobe & Teardrops. “It’s basically an upbeat song about being — down and out!”

DOWN & OUT 

when did everybody lose their luck 

everybody grew a gut and let themselves go 

hell I don’t know 

maybe being perfect is overrated 

partially understated all the same 

hell I don’t know 

if you want to know the truth 

maybe we’re better, better, better off without 

(maybe we’re better, better, better off without) 

now that we’ve found out 

life’s better when you’re down and out 

life’s better when you’re down and out 

life’s better when you’re down and out

we can sing melody but only when it’s blowing free 

and lets itself go 

well I don’t know 

we can make it better 

by writing words by the letter 

just sound it out, oh, down and out 

if you want to know the truth

maybe we’re better, better, better off without 

(maybe we’re better, better, better off without) 

now that we’ve found out 

life’s better when you’re down and out 

life’s better when you’re down and out 

life’s better when you’re down and out

so let’s write it out

you know quicker ain’t better 

cctx not atx 

we can prove ‘em wrong 

no genres to this song 

no money in our pocket 

the only way to live it 

if you want to know the truth

maybe we’re better, better, better off without 

(maybe we’re better, better, better off without) 

now that we’ve found out

we’re better, better, better off without 

(maybe we’re better, better, better off without) 

now that we’ve found out

life’s better when you’re down and out 

life’s better when you’re down and out 

life’s better when you’re down and out

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