Artist:YORQUE

Often listeners can guess what a band will sound like solely from hearing what their main influences are. With Melbourne band Yorque, however, the task is a little more tricky. Citing influences as varied as Angus & Julia Stone, Alt-J and Coldplay, their sound combines folk, rock and alternative elements, with piano arrangements driving each song. What separates Yorque from other bands is this ability to avoid the predictable, combining a number of genres to create a truly unique sound. "The final song might not sound anything like what it was influenced by, but it will have shaped its path in some way," says frontman Cameron Paice. "The style really varies from song to song but all tracks still feel connected to one another." Beginning a degree in music at NMIT in 2012, Paice met keyboardist and vocalist Alison Thom. The pair started writing together, performing as a duo before recruiting bassist Oscar Galt and drummer Michael Hood. The four-piece quickly became regulars among ...