In another universe, YAST could have been Tame Impala, DIIV or The Drums — bands they once shared stages with and were mentioned alongside in the major trendsetting American music blogs a decade ago but YAST was never really that kind of band. YAST is a small-town band, in the most beautiful sense of the word — where friendship, sharing a pizza and a cheap beer at the local hangout, and eating dinner together means more than burning out on the road. YAST knows this. They did it for 10 years, and it came at a cost — it cost 10 years.
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Artist: YAST
Single: Someone Else
Release date: June 13
Label: Adrian Recordings
Taken from their upcoming third album "Premium" out September 12
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3nu3ffmAzFnpe7MGMvWWyz?si=n_d8tOtlQNiDu_4BzhbIow
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/se/album/someone-else-single/1817620273
Bandcamp: https://yastmusic.bandcamp.com/track/someone-else
Artist: YAST
Single: Someone Else
Release date: June 13
Label: Adrian Recordings
Taken from their upcoming third album "Premium" out September 12
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3nu3ffmAzFnpe7MGMvWWyz?si=n_d8tOtlQNiDu_4BzhbIow
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/se/album/someone-else-single/1817620273
Bandcamp: https://yastmusic.bandcamp.com/track/someone-else
Artwork: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kr7yxnt4iajae4hpphm3o/Someone-Else-Cover.jpg?rlkey=os9i099sgi98ctsbhunmdf2k4&dl=0
But it's thanks to that experience that, in 2025, we now get a new album from one of Sweden’s finest dream pop outfits. The dream is still intact. The melodies remain ethereal, the guitars shimmer just the same — only now everything feels deeper, more grounded in the shared will of five people to simply make music together, regardless of whether there's an audience or not.
On September 12, YAST releases their third studio album, “Premium” — an album they describe as a self-help record full of heartfelt, self-help pop. Because honestly, it’s easy to feel like the worst version of yourself most of the time. It helps to hear someone say it’s okay, that things don’t always go as planned.
The first single, “Someone Else,” will be released on June 13.
"A fragile meditation on love in limbo — where uncertainty lingers, and vulnerability pulses beneath every word. The narrator moves through doubt like fog, yet still reaches for warmth. It’s a quiet ache, a yearning to understand, and a tender plea: don’t let go… not yet.”
- YAST
YAST was never on hiatus. Sure, side projects and commitments in bands like Toi Let, Nightmen, Per och Olof, PURRPURR, and solo acts like Marcus Norberg and the Disappointments may have taken the spotlight at times — but YAST has always existed, occasionally appearing together on stage. It wasn’t until they let go of the idea of what they “should” sound like, stopped chasing a sound or reference, and just played the new songs that everything clicked. The songs shaped the sound, not the other way around.
That realization — that they still know how to write great songs — is what makes "Premium" feel so vital and present in 2025. That, and Emil Isaksson’s delicate touch at Studio Möllan in Malmö during the recording sessions.
About YAST
YAST is a Swedish dream pop/indie band formed in 2007 in Sandviken by Carl Kolbaek-Jensen, Tobias Widman, and Marcus Norberg. In 2008, they relocated to Malmö, where they were joined by Markus Johansson and Niklas Wennerstrand from Sandviken’s post-rock band Aerial. There, they found their true home in the inspiring Malmö music scene and with the label Adrian Recordings.
YAST debuted with the single “Believes” in 2012, followed by their self-titled debut album "YAST" in 2013 and its acclaimed successor "My Dreams Did Finally Come True" in 2015. On September 12, 2025, they release their long-awaited third album "Premium".
File YAST 2025 under: The Saints, Kurt Vile, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Jayhawks, Dinosaur Jr., Tom Petty, and Neil Young.
Presspix: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/22itxiy7zrfyyl46ust4y/AOrlNmlY1hPCBRylWEbY0Co?rlkey=uxrk092rzlvrqaibwu416qetg&dl=0
Looking back to your 2013 debut — what stands out the most?
We played a lot. Visiting all these new cities we’d never seen before. It was always exciting showing up in weird parts of Germany and sharing stages with amazing bands like Tame Impala, DIIV, Vivian Girls, TOY, and so many more. Plus, all the European festivals — MELT, Hultsfred, Roskilde, Way Out West... Wild times!
What’s different about YAST in 2025 compared to 2013?
The biggest difference is that we’re much kinder to each other now. We've come out the other side of our Some Kind of Monster phase. No one misses it. We're having way more fun now — even with kids, mortgages, and full-time jobs. None of us have any idea where the underground clubs are anymore or what music is being played in them — which must say something about growth or change, right?
- YAST
YAST was never on hiatus. Sure, side projects and commitments in bands like Toi Let, Nightmen, Per och Olof, PURRPURR, and solo acts like Marcus Norberg and the Disappointments may have taken the spotlight at times — but YAST has always existed, occasionally appearing together on stage. It wasn’t until they let go of the idea of what they “should” sound like, stopped chasing a sound or reference, and just played the new songs that everything clicked. The songs shaped the sound, not the other way around.
That realization — that they still know how to write great songs — is what makes "Premium" feel so vital and present in 2025. That, and Emil Isaksson’s delicate touch at Studio Möllan in Malmö during the recording sessions.
About YAST
YAST is a Swedish dream pop/indie band formed in 2007 in Sandviken by Carl Kolbaek-Jensen, Tobias Widman, and Marcus Norberg. In 2008, they relocated to Malmö, where they were joined by Markus Johansson and Niklas Wennerstrand from Sandviken’s post-rock band Aerial. There, they found their true home in the inspiring Malmö music scene and with the label Adrian Recordings.
YAST debuted with the single “Believes” in 2012, followed by their self-titled debut album "YAST" in 2013 and its acclaimed successor "My Dreams Did Finally Come True" in 2015. On September 12, 2025, they release their long-awaited third album "Premium".
File YAST 2025 under: The Saints, Kurt Vile, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Jayhawks, Dinosaur Jr., Tom Petty, and Neil Young.
Presspix: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/22itxiy7zrfyyl46ust4y/AOrlNmlY1hPCBRylWEbY0Co?rlkey=uxrk092rzlvrqaibwu416qetg&dl=0
Looking back to your 2013 debut — what stands out the most?
We played a lot. Visiting all these new cities we’d never seen before. It was always exciting showing up in weird parts of Germany and sharing stages with amazing bands like Tame Impala, DIIV, Vivian Girls, TOY, and so many more. Plus, all the European festivals — MELT, Hultsfred, Roskilde, Way Out West... Wild times!
What’s different about YAST in 2025 compared to 2013?
The biggest difference is that we’re much kinder to each other now. We've come out the other side of our Some Kind of Monster phase. No one misses it. We're having way more fun now — even with kids, mortgages, and full-time jobs. None of us have any idea where the underground clubs are anymore or what music is being played in them — which must say something about growth or change, right?
You can hear it when you compare the first album with "Premium". It might sound boring, but the thing is — now it sounds really good. No ego, no naivety — just good songs.
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ALICE BOMAN ALEXANDRA BERGER ANDREAS TILLIANDER B**** HAWK BJÖRNS VÄNNER BOEOES KAELSTIGEN DAVID & THE CITIZENS DAVID FRIDLUND DEN SVENSKA TYSTNADEN DMITRY FYODOROV DÖDEN EDDA MAGNASON EMIL JENSEN FAMILJEN HENRIC CLAES HEY ELBOW JONAS LUNDQVIST LAAKSO LATELY LA LA MARCUS CATO MARCUS NORBERG AND THE DISAPPOINTMENTS MEDBORGARBANDET MFMB OLD POIZON_SW3 PRINTER RA SHARIF SHE’S WILD AGAIN TONIGHT SURF PHILOSOPHIES SVART KATT THE BEAR QUARTET THE FINE ARTS SHOWCASE THIS IS HEAD ULF STURESON VED YAST NEED FOR SPEED BO MEHR BOB HUND SPUNSUGAR JH3 WHOMSOEVER TOI LET MANX VIT PÄLS CITIZENS BAND ORCHESTRA LOW-RES DET ENDA BL.A. AGITATOR LINA SELLEBY IIRIS VILJANEN IOR REMOTE CHANCE
