Music
FYEAR is a Montréal-based nonet led by composer Jason Sharp and poet/writer Kaie Kellough. FYEAR fuses spoken word into multi-genre compositions for electronics, two voices, two drummers, processed saxophone, pedal steel guitar, and violins. Their debut self-titled studio recording was released by Constellation Records in 2024. It is available in all digital formats, 180-gram vinyl edition, and compact disc.
180 gram vinyl LP and compact disc designed by Kevin Yuen Kit Lo and Constellation
FYEAR incorporates drone, out-jazz, post-classical, ambient metal, avant-rock, and modular synthesis, and creates a unified sound/aesthetic while traversing adventurous and varied terrain. Kellough’s langauge engages with the challenges of modernity: extraction, inflation, and the unequal distribution of access to the future. This self-titled debut album is a supremely innovative 40-minute multi-movement work.
Pt. 7 Pure Pursuit
Visual design by Kevin Yuen Kit Lo & Sarah Auches
Pt. 6 Precipice
Pt. 4 Degrees
Pt. 2 Mercury Looms
Pt.1 Trajectory
04/2021
At the Lion D’Or, Montréal, commissioned by JazzAhead! Bremen, the National Arts Center, and the Canada Council for the Arts, aired on April 29 w/ partnering jazz festivals in Canada and Europe.