Yoke Lore

{{short description|American musician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | birth_name = Adrian Galvin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1989|12|27}} | origin = Katonah, New York | genre = Indie rock, indie folk | occupation = Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist. composer | instrument = Vocals, banjo, percussion | years_active = 2012–present | label = B3Sci Records, ILA, Big Indie, Yell House Records | website = {{URL|www.yokelore.com}} }} '''Adrian Galvin,''' better known by his moniker '''Yoke Lore''', is an American multi-instrumentalist, dancer, and visual artist from New York, United States.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 3, 2018|title=Yoke Lore isn't afraid of becoming a popstar|url=https://ontheaside.com/music/yoke-lore-isnt-afraid-of-becoming-a-popstar/|access-date=March 20, 2020|website=A.Side|language=en-US}}</ref> Before going solo Galvin was a member of Walk the Moon and Yellerkin.<ref name=voice>{{Cite web|title=Prepare to Find Religion With Yoke Lore at Baby's All Right {{!}} The Village Voice|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/07/06/find-religion-with-yoke-lore-at-babys-all-right-in-brooklyn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706201606/https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/07/06/find-religion-with-yoke-lore-at-babys-all-right-in-brooklyn/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2017|access-date=March 20, 2020|website=www.villagevoice.com|date=July 6, 2017}}</ref>

== Early life == Galvin is from Katonah, New York, and both his parents were creative professionals who encouraged him to explore the arts.<ref name=amg>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yoke-lore-mn0003540885/biography Yoke Lore] at Allmusic</ref> His brother is actor and singer Noah Galvin. His mother is Jewish and his father was Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/culture/469137/yoke-lore-adrian-galvin-musician-banjo-player/|title=Musician Yoke Lore thrives as a pandemic hermit. Here's what he's gotten done}}</ref> Galvin's father died in November 2023, after a long battle with illness.<ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=YOKE LORE |postid=C0uS9ROPOt8 |date=11 December 2023 |title="Right after thanksgiving my father passed away..." |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=Noah Galvin |postid=C0uYy5pvL4E |date=11 December 2023 |title="My dad Austin Galvin passed away a couple weeks ago. He was little and generous and mighty and loud and filled with more love than anyone I’ve ever met. I miss him a lot." |access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> Galvin attended Kenyon College where he began writing songs and playing drums for the band Walk the Moon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cleared for Liftoff – Kenyon Alumni Magazine|url=https://bulletin.kenyon.edu/feature/cleared-for-liftoff/|access-date=April 14, 2020|website=bulletin.kenyon.edu}}</ref> He split with the band to form a short-lived project called Yellerkin in 2013.<ref name=amg/> Galvin lived in a monastery in India for a time after college.<ref name=voice/> Yellerkin, which was based in Brooklyn, was co-founded with producer Luca Buccellati.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Song of the Day: Yellerkin – Tools|url=https://www.kexp.org/read/2015/01/19/song-of-the-day-yellerkin-tools/|access-date=April 14, 2020|website=www.kexp.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 2, 2014|title=Yellerkin – "Tools" (|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1706569/yellerkin-tools-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/|access-date=April 14, 2020|website=Stereogum}}</ref>

== Yoke Lore == He released his first EP as Yoke Lore in 2016, and soon after performed at SXSW and toured internationally.<ref>[https://atwoodmagazine.com/yoke-lore-2017-interview/ Fighting the Happy War: Catching Up with Yoke Lore]. ''Atwood Magazine'', June 13, 2017.</ref> Galvin is also a dancer and founded a dance group called Boomerang in 2016.<ref name=amg/>

In late 2017, he released a video for the song "Beige".<ref>[https://nylon.com/articles/yoke-lore-beige-video Yoke Lore Pushes Against The Pop Machine In “Beige” Video]. ''Nylon'', December 4, 2017.</ref> Late in 2019, he released the single "Dead Ringer".<ref>[https://ew.com/music/2019/11/08/yoke-lore-dead-ringer-in-the-basement/ Yoke Lore performs 'Dead Ringer' for EW's In The Basement]. ''Entertainment Weekly'', November 8, 2019.</ref> Early in 2020, he collaborated with Jax Anderson on the single "Sensitive Heart".<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/yoke-lore-jax-anderson-sensitive-heart-8550967/ Yoke Lore and Jax Anderson Are Just a Couple of 'Sensitive Hearts' on Sweet New Track: Exclusive]. ''Billboard'', February 14, 2020.</ref>

== Discography ==

=== LPs === * Toward a Never Ending New Beginning (Yell House Records, September 22, 2023)

=== EPs === * Far Shore (B3SCI Records, May 6, 2016) * Goodpain (ILA / Yell House Records, June 16, 2017) * Yoke Lore on Audiotree Live- EP (Audiotree Music, August 28, 2017) * Goodpain Remix EP (Big Indie / Yell House Records, January 12, 2018) * Absolutes (Big Indie / Yell House Records, July 27, 2018) * Meditations (Yell House Records, 2019)

=== Singles === *"Goodpain / Truly Madly Deeply – Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC" (October 11, 2017) *"Last Christmas – Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC" (November 29, 2017) *"Everybody Wants to Be Loved" with NVDES (August 30, 2019) *"Chin Up / Safe and Sound (Mahogany Sessions)" (September 12, 2019 *"Dead Ringer" (September 27, 2019) *"Bravado / Body Parts" (November 8, 2019) *"Sensitive Heart" with Jax Anderson (February 14, 2020) *"Fade Away" (August 7, 2020) *"Shock Flesh" (May 13, 2022) *”Winona” (May 11, 2023) *”The Score” (August 16, 2024) *”Hyperventilate” (August 6, 2025) *"Just like Idiots" with Superjava (Mars 27, 2025)

=== Remixes === * "Stoned" (Yoke Lore Remix) by Blondage (2017) * "Lovesick." (Yoke Lore Remix) by Finlay (2019) * "All the Same" (Yoke Lore Remix) by Future Generations (2019)

=== Appearances===

* "Stringsnoise" on the album ''Good Death'' by Samuel Proffitt (November 30, 2018) * "Wanted a Name" on the album ''Vacation'' by Frenship (January 16, 2019)

=== Compositions for film ===

* Pink Skies Ahead (2019)

== References ==

Category:21st-century American male singers Category:American pop musicians Category:People from Katonah, New York Category:Musicians from New York (state) Category:Living people Category:1989 births