Yonaka announce second studio album, Until You’re Satisfied

On the new single "Cruel", vocalist Theresa Jarvis talks of a relationship that can “make you turn animalistic and feral; where you can be ripped apart whilst ripping someone else apart as well”. Industrial and sexually charged, "Cruel" almost found an unlikely home outside of the record too.

“During the recording process, we flew in and out of London to audition for Eurovision with it,” bassist Alex Crosby reveals. “On the Eurovision forums, loads of people were putting our names in and the fans were asking for us, which is why they reached out,” Jarvis grins. “But that version had a different chorus, so I’m glad we didn’t get it in the end.”

The new 13-track album, which was produced by Alex Crosby and Dimitri Tikovoi (Placebo, The Libertines) opens the door for the lyrical themes of the album; the first time Theresa Jarvis has ever steered YONAKA through matters of the heart. “This record’s about love but it’s not all gooey - it’s the dirty bits and the harsh bits that happen to everyone whether you admit it or not,” she says.

“Being in a band for that long, you grow up together and you’re making all these changes and you get to a point where you question if you’re still in the right place,” says Jarvis, reflecting on the band's history. “We’ve now been together for 10 years, and you go through so many different feelings in that time: you’re each other’s world, and then you don’t like each other, and then you love each other again. We really went through it. But when you finally air your problems and think about them properly, you realise you’re not ready to stop.”

Nearing the edge of the precipice for YONAKA changed their trajectory entirely. Realising what they were close to losing made the three old friends knuckle down and really fight not only for their band, but for the sound and the energy and the excitement that they’ve always wanted to bring to it. “Since then, it’s almost been like we’ve found each other again, and we’ve found the storyline and the music,” Jarvis says, “and I don’t think this record now would have come without it.”