Young Ejecta (formerly known as simply Ejecta) is an American synthpop duo, consisting of Neon Indian's Leanne Macomber and producer Joel Ford of Ford & Lopatin. The band name was changed to Young Ejecta in 2014 due to the group getting a copyright notice from the closely named DJ Ejeca.[2] Macomber appears nude on all official album covers and promotional material, and in most of their music videos. In an interview with Brooklyn Based, she gives the background "Creating Ejecta as a sort of blank slate, Macomber set out to subvert any neat categorization of the band’s music. “I really insisted like, she should be naked all the time so that no one can say, ‘Well, they’re punks, they dress like this.'”"[3]
Young Ejecta | |
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| Also known as | Ejecta |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Members | Leanne Macomber Joel Ford |
History
In November 2013, Ejecta released their debut album, Dominae. In 2015 issued their mini-album and second studio LP The Planet. The album received an indifferent review from PopMatters[4] and a fairly positive one from Paste magazine.[5] Heather Phares of Allmusic describes the band's synthpop sound as "gauzy".[6]
In August 2019, their song “Welcome to Love” was chosen as the outro audio of Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” on the 10th episode of the 7th and final season.
Members
- Leanne Macomber – vocals, synthesizers
- Joel Ford – synthesizers, drum programming, producer[7]
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Dominae |
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| Ride Lonesome |
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Mini-albums
| Title | Album details |
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| The Planet |
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Singles
As main artist
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Jeremiah (The Denier)" | 2013 | Dominae |
| "Afraid of the Dark" | ||
| "It's Only Love" | ||
| "Welcome to Love"[9] | 2014 | The Planet |
| "Your Planet"[10] | ||
| "Into Your Heart"[11] | 2015 | |
| "Build a Fire"[12] | 2017 | None Album Single |
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Breathe"[13] (Joel Ford featuring Ejecta) | 2014 | Fugitive |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director |
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| "Eleanor Lye" | 2014 | Allie Avital Tsypin |
| "Silver" | Emir Eralp | |
| "Into Your Heart" | 2015 | Toshadeva Palani |
| "Your Planet" | Heidi Petty | |
| "Crayon Cactus" | 2020 | Eric Epstein |
| "Call My Name" | Ghostdad | |
| "Cheese" | Michael Hili | |
| "AH HA" | ||
| "9 to 5" | 2021 | Eric Epstein |
| "Afraid of the Dark"[14] | Urisi Agnar |