Yellow Ostrich
Yellow Ostrich is an experimental indie rock project centered around singer/songwriter Alex Schaaf. Emerging in 2009, Schaaf's lo-fi/bedroom pop emissions were eventually fleshed out by a handful of co-conspirators, and the band issued five more and a handful of EPs before going on hiatus after the release of 2014's Cosmos. Yellow Ostrich reformed as a five-piece in 2021 and released the lush and inward-looking Soft.
The band originally began as a solo project for Schaaf, who made lo-fi indie pop on his four-track recorder. After relocating from Wisconsin to New York, Schaaf self-released a full-length album, titled Wild Comfort, in January of 2010. It was quickly followed by a series of EPs -- Fade Cave EP, The Morgan Freeman EP, and The Serious Kids EP -- which were made available for free download. Yellow Ostrich's sophomore album, The Mistress, featuring the song "Mary," followed in 2011. In 2012, Schaaf and his Yellow Ostrich bandmates Michael Tapper and Jon Natchez returned with the decidedly more forceful and anthemic Strange Land. Also in 2012, Yellow Ostrich released the six-song EP Ghost. After Ghost, Natchez announced he had left the band, replaced by longtime touring members Jared Van Fleet and Zach Rose. In 2014, Yellow Ostrich returned with its third full-length album, the Carl Sagan-inspired Cosmos. The group disbanded shortly after the album's release, and Schaaf spent the next several years issuing music under his own name, the highlights of which were compiled on 2021's Like a Bird: An Alex Schaaf Anthology 2010-2021. That same year saw the return of Yellow Ostrich, who released the deeply reflective Soft.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Soft
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 23 apr. 2021
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The Mistress (Deluxe Edition)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 12 feb. 2021
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Strange Land
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 6 mrt. 2012
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The Mistress
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 11 aug. 2010
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Waves
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 8 aug. 2018
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Like a Bird: An Alex Schaaf Anthology (2010-2021)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 26 mrt. 2021
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Cosmos
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 25 feb. 2014
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All Is Too Much
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 15 sep. 2017
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Ghost EP
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 22 okt. 2012
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Zebra
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 29 jan. 2021
Available in24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo -
Muscle Memory
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 1 aug. 2022
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
River '93
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 26 feb. 2021
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Make It Make Sense
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 27 jan. 2023
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Shades
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 17 dec. 2013
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Birds
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 8 apr. 2021
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Drive On, Armistice
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 1 apr. 2019
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How Do You Do It (Keith Sweaty Remix)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 9 nov. 2018
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Like a Bird (Demo)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Barsuk Records on 12 mrt. 2021
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo