Yves Jarvis

Yves Jarvis is the stage name of Jean-Sébastien Yves Audet,[1] a Canadian experimental musician, singer and producer who also previously released music under the stage name Un Blonde.[2]

Yves Jarvis
Jarvis in 2020
Background information
Birth nameJean-Sébastien Yves Audet
BornApril 11, 1996
Gatineau, QC, Canada
GenresExperimental Rock
LabelsFlemish Eye , Anti-

Biography

Originally from Calgary, Alberta, he released Tenet, his first album as Un Blonde, in 2014.[3] He followed up in 2016 with Good Will Come to You,[4] which was a longlisted nominee for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.[5] The album was reissued in 2017 on Flemish Eye.[6]

Audet announced in 2018 that he was changing his stage name from Un Blonde to Yves Jarvis,[2] and released his third album The Same but by Different Means in early 2019 on Flemish Eye in Canada and ANTI- in the rest of the world.[1] The album was longlisted for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize.[7]

Audet followed The Same but by Different Means with Sundry Rock Song Stock in September 2020.[8]

Name

Audet changed the project name from Un Blonde to Yves Jarvis in 2018, explaining "Yves is my middle name and Jarvis is my mother's maiden name"[2]

Discography

Albums
  • Good Will Come to You (2016)
  • The Same but by Different Means (2019)
  • Sundry Rock Song Stock (2020)

As Un Blonde
  • Tenet (2014)

References
  1. "Yves Jarvis: The Same but by Different Means". Pitchfork, March 9, 2019.
  2. "Un Blonde Changes Name to Yves Jarvis, Announces New Album". Exclaim!, December 11, 2018.
  3. "Jean-Sebastien Audet Refuses to Sit Still as Yves Jarvis". BeatRoute, May 6, 2019.
  4. "Un Blonde Is Re-Releasing His Best, Most Spiritual Album. Now’s Your Chance To Get Sanctified". The Fader, September 13, 2017.
  5. "Polaris Prize 2016 Long List: Drake, Carly Rae Jepsen, Grimes, the Weeknd, and More". Spin, June 15, 2016.
  6. "Un Blonde: Good Will Come to You". Exclaim!, September 20, 2017.
  7. "Find out who made the 2019 Polaris Music Prize long list". CBC Music, June 20, 2019.
  8. "Yves Jarvis Details New Album 'Sundry Rock Song Stock'". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-15.


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