Y Pants
Y Pants | |
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| Origin | New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | No wave, art rock, post-punk |
| Years active | 1979–1982 |
| Labels | 99 Records, Neutral Records |
| Past members | Barbara Ess Virginia Piersol Gail Vachon |
Y Pants were an American all-female
Casio keyboards and various low-tech effects.[2]
Y Pants' feminist poetics and toy instrumentation made them a hit in
Threepenny Opera. Musically they have been compared to their British post-punk contemporaries The Raincoats
for their overlapping vocal choruses and kitchen-sinkish approach to sound, rhythm and composition.
Novelist and critic Lynne Tillman wrote the lyrics for the band's song "Obvious."[2]
Y-Pants disbanded shortly after the release of their album, reportedly reuniting each year on the various band members' birthdays.[4] Barbara Ess remained musically active throughout the 1980s, frequently contributing tracks to Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine and collaborating with Peggy Ahwesh on 2001's Radio Guitar for the Ecstatic Peace! label.
Discography
- "Little Music EP" (99 Records, 1980)
- Beat It Down LP (Neutral Records, 1982)
- "Magnetic Attraction" (song recorded in 1980 and released in 1988 on Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine No. 21: "Audio By Visual Artists"')
- Y Pants CD (Periodic Document, 1998, collects all of the above recordings)