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About Me

New Years Resolution came together in January of 2003, resolving, among other things, to do our dishes, stop jaywalking, and make beautiful music together. Having been active members of the Vancouver music scene in several other bands (Trail vs Russia, down the lees, Skinjobs, The Stunts, Queazy), the smart and savvy three of us were looking for an outlet to satisfy our quirky pop music appetites.
Adrian Mack of the Georgia Straight recently called us "completely superb." With influences ranging from The Cure, Death Cab for Cutie and Yo la Tengo, to Blonde Redhead and Shellac, we have a versatile and original sound. Songs are anywhere from pretty and melodic pop, to edgy post-punk or just purely danceable. Handclaps are a reliable staple of every live performance.
Our 2005, independently released, full-length CD, Bullets of Love, made the top 10 of Vancouver college radio charts within the first month of release and received airplay on CBC's On The Coast program. Terminal City Weekly writer Jeff Lee says "...songs on Bullets are catchy and often quite pretty...NYR's sound has more edge, and substantially more depth, than what you might hear on the Top Six at Six." Check out our first video for the song "Slumlord", put together in June 2006 by our friend Aaron, viewable on YouTube (see blog post).
Over the past couple of years we have been invited to open for established touring acts such as Xiu Xiu, The Organ, The Nein, and Minus the Bear as well as headlining our own successful live shows. In 2005 we completed completed a yet-to-be released Live at the Hive session (a compilation of live recordings commemorating the 10th anniversary The Hive).

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Member Since: 7/8/2005
Band Members: Dana Ayotte, Melanie Covey, LL Schultz
Influences: The Cure, Death Cab for Cutie and Yo la Tengo, to Blonde Redhead and Shellac
Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Listen to us on Pandora.com!

Listen to us on Pandora.com! For those of you who don't know, Pandora.com is a site where you can  create and customize your own internet radio station. You can enjoy it yourself, or sh...
Posted by new years resolution on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:41:00 PST

our first video!!!!!

Last night we played at the Pic pub and a friend of ours, Aaron Ekman, filmed the show. He put together a fantastic little video and posted it on.........yep, you guessed it YOU TUBE! Check it out. It...
Posted by new years resolution on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:56:00 PST

Yes, a person can also be a cymbal stand!

We played an interesting, unprecedented show on Saturday night. The Lamplighter has much improved stage and sound setup so get thee to a show there soon!! Thanks to Cindy for inviting us to open up fo...
Posted by new years resolution on Tue, 16 May 2006 11:48:00 PST

*NEW SONG* Dogsbite

So - I have uploaded a song that was part of the fantasic night that we had at Live at the Hive. For those of you who are not aware of what that means, The Hive (much respected studio in Vancouver), g...
Posted by new years resolution on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:50:00 PST

3rd anniversary!!

FEB 10th 2003 - Melanie, Dana and I jammed for the first time. We had been dicussing it for a few months but schedules kept conflicting. Finally, we set up at Melanie's jam space and belted out some t...
Posted by new years resolution on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:55:00 PST

Madonna dream

I had a dream a few months ago that Madonna and I were best friends in grade school. She sat infront of me in class, pigtails and henna tattoos. She was the age she is now, so was I, but in a class of...
Posted by new years resolution on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:44:00 PST

chris-a-riffic stole my wurlitzer

Ok, it was just a dream, but it was very vivid. First I have to admit that I've never been in myspace before, in fact I've never even done this blog thing before (god I'm so 20th century), but thanks...
Posted by new years resolution on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 10:34:00 PST