Yves Klein Blue - Ragged & Ecstatic

2009 debut album from the Australian outfit. Recording with Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids), Yves Klein Blue learnt fast to objectively view their work. With a less-is-more approach to varied arrangements and an energized live-sounding set-up ensured frontman Michael Tomlinson's impassioned and witty lyricism came to the fore. Great is a word that understates Ragged & Ecstatic, an album that subtly and cleverly captures the exuberance and experience of life, but in a way that's as universal as it is personal. The end of the long journey was at Brisbane's Airlock Studios and then Sydney's Big Jesus Burger studios with Scott Horscroft (The Presets, the Panics, Sleepy Jackson), where final touches to the mix were made.