Videos with Jharis Yokley
drums, vocals
Sometimes, Late At Night is the stunning, genre-traversing debut from drumming virtuoso, Jharis Yokley. Yokley-who has worked with everyone from Solange and Chance the Rapper to Ani DiFranco and DJ Premier-calls upon his jazz-informed chops and hip-hop sensibilities to craft this colorful and adventurous album. Like many great works of art, Sometimes, Late At Night was initially inspired by a breakup.
“So, the album’s mainly about this relationship,”Yokley explains. “It's not like that I regret ending it, but I knew it had to happen. But reminiscing back on those times, I was wondering if I made a mistake.”
The inevitable fear and uncertainty that follows a breakup is palpable throughout the album’s 10 tracks. The lyrics are minimal, often taking the form of brief lines that are sung repeatedly like a self-soothing mantra. Yokley’s words throughout the record are sparse but each song conveys its own rich world of emotion. The lyrics on songs like “Friends”, “Move On” and “Miss You”, feel like things that we say to comfort ourselves in those quiet, private moments when we’re at our lowest.
“So, the album’s mainly about this relationship,”Yokley explains. “It's not like that I regret ending it, but I knew it had to happen. But reminiscing back on those times, I was wondering if I made a mistake.”
The inevitable fear and uncertainty that follows a breakup is palpable throughout the album’s 10 tracks. The lyrics are minimal, often taking the form of brief lines that are sung repeatedly like a self-soothing mantra. Yokley’s words throughout the record are sparse but each song conveys its own rich world of emotion. The lyrics on songs like “Friends”, “Move On” and “Miss You”, feel like things that we say to comfort ourselves in those quiet, private moments when we’re at our lowest.