Seattle’s cult heroes Young Fresh Fellows return with their forthcoming album “Loft”, out exclusively on LP for Record Store Day Black Friday (28th November 2025) via Yep Roc Records. The release is limited to 1,000 Eco-Mix Splash colour vinyl copies. The LP marks the band’s first new studio album since 2020’s “Toxic Youth”. The album is listed on Rough Trade’s website, so looks to be available through at least one UK outlet.
Recorded at Wilco’s famed Loft studio in Chicago, the album captures the band’s signature wit, fuzz, and rock ‘n’ roll energy over 11 new songs. Featuring Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, The Baseball Project, R.E.M.), Kurt Bloch (Fastbacks, Filthy Friends), John Perrin (NRBQ), and Jim Sangster (Roy Loney and the Longshots), they enlisted GRAMMY Award-winning producer/engineer Tom Schick (Wilco, Mavis Staples, Iron and Wine) to run the board.
They later invited a cast of kindred spirits to lend their magic, including Neko Case (lead vocals on ‘Destination‘), John Stirratt (Wilco; harmony vocals), Morgan Fisher (Mott The Hoople; keyboards), Jonathan Segel (Camper Van Beethoven; violin), Jenny Conlee (The Decemberists; accordion, harmony vocals), Mark Greenberg (Eleventh Dream Day; vibraphone), Peter Buck (R.E.M.; 12-string guitar), and Dave “Max” Crawford (Poi Dog Pondering; trumpet).
Young Fresh Fellows were formed in Seattle in 1981 by McCaughey, Chuck Carroll, and Tad Hutchison. The band became an unexpected college-radio favourite with their 1983 debut, “The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest”, now regarded as something of a lead entry in the history of the early Seattle music scene.
Young Fresh Fellows have put out ‘I’m a Prison’ as the first single from “Loft”, and you can see/listen to the lyric video here.
