What’s in a name? Don’t ask me. There’s no such thing as a yellow ostrich, but that doesn’t stop Alex Schaaf from insisting it’s alive anyway. And in songs like ‘Whale’ and ‘In The Past I Was an Astronaut’, Yellow Ostrich is making the abstract discernible, and getting a lot of attention for it. This guy raised enough money through his kickstarter two years back to self-release the outstanding "The Mistress" last year, only to get picked up by Barsuk Records and have the album re-released this year. Things are moving fast! – See Yellow Ostrich live at Glasslands on August 19, read Mike Levine’s interview with Alex Schaaf here.
