Clock-Out Lounge Presents: Ya Tseen record release Ashley Young   Friday Jan 16th 8:30 doors 21+  $25 adv/$30 dos  https://yatseen.bandcamp.com/album/stand-on-my-shoulders Ya Tseen (previously Indian Agent, Silver Jackson) has performed across North America, Europe, and Australia, most recently with Portugal the Man and Samantha Crain to fund the rebuilding of a Tlingit clan house in Sitka. As Ya Tseen, the band has expanded into a musical project, a fluid collective woven from numerous voices and sonic signatures. Ya Tseen’s first album with Sub Pop Indian Yard included collaborations with Shabazz Palaces, Stas THEE Boss, Nick Hakim and continued his long term collaborations with O.C.Notes, Zak D. Wass, Tunia, Jesse Hughey,  supported by Derek Haukaas (drums), Nikko Van Wycke (Bass), Jase Ihler (drums).  With their second release on Sub Pop Ya Tseen expands their collaborative approach, featuring Portugal The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, dreamcastmoe, Anel Figueroa, Jahon Mikal, Pink Sifu, Sidibe, Hanna Ben, and Ashley Young. Ya Tseen’s newest album, Stand On My Shoulder, builds on connection and revolutionary love as the foundation for collective liberation that ran throughout Indian Yard. The album cover art is a monoprint created by Galanin, based on a photograph of his father in Tlingit regalia. The regalia remains, but the wearer isn’t visible, leaving space to be filled by future generations. With Stand On My Shoulder Ya Tseen uplifts the gifts given to us by our ancestors and the collective responsibilities we have to future generations. The album is an incandescent exploration of existence and a celebration of the persistence of love and connection to Land. https://ashleydaydreaming.bandcamp.com/ Just below the Arctic Circle, a songwriter with fiery, lush vocal texture warms her ancestral land— Alaska. Ashley Young invites you in like a friend with her refreshing honesty & infectious laughter. Her unquenchable curiosity has led her to exploring expressions unbound by genre. Her focus is rather on using music to reveal vulnerable truths that many experience but are often afraid to discuss.