The past couple of years have seen Yves Klein Blue (Eve Kline\nBlue) walk a path of highs. From the moment schoolmates Tomlinson\nand guitarist Charles Sale bonded over a love of music and realised\ntheir aspirations stretched far beyond their jam room, their path\nwas set. Adding drummer Chris Banham and bassist Sean Cook, the\nquartet quickly and organically crafted their own sound that swam\nagainst the tide of the music scene around them. And with their\n2008 debut EP Draw Attention To Themselves and single\n‘Polka’ leading the way, the band’s skewed and playful pop hooks,\nrefreshing rhythms and Tomlinson’s way with words, Yves Klein Blue\nsounded fresh but timeless, classicism mixed with youthful vigour.\nIncredibly, the four were barely out of their teens.

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Recording with Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids), Yves Klein Blue\nlearnt fast to objectively view their work. With a less-is-more\napproach to varied arrangements and an energised live-sounding\nset-up ensured Tomlinson’s impassioned and witty lyricism came to\nthe fore. Great is a word that understates Ragged &\nEcstatic an album that subtly and cleverly captures the\nexuberance and experience of life, but in a way that’s as universal\nas it is personal. The end of the long journey was at Brisbane’s\nAirlock Studios and then Sydney’s Big Jesus Burger Studios with\nScott Horscroft (The Presets, The Panics, Sleepy Jackson), where\nfinal touches to the mix were made.

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