Young Ejecta

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Young Ejecta
Also known asEjecta
Genres
Years active2012–present
Labels
  • Copyright Control
  • Driftless Recordings
  • Happy Death
MembersLeanne Macomber
Joel Ford

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]

Contents

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

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums
TitleAlbum details
Dominae
  • Released: November 4, 2013 (Worldwide) [8]
  • Label: Copyright Control, Driftless Recordings, Happy Death
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Ride Lonesome

Mini-albums

List of mini-albums
TitleAlbum details
The Planet
  • Released: January 27, 2015 (Worldwide) [2]
  • Label: Driftless Recordings
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download

Singles

As main artist

List of singles, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Jeremiah (The Denier)"2013Dominae
"Afraid of the Dark"
"It's Only Love"
"Welcome to Love" [9] 2014The Planet
"Your Planet" [10]
"Into Your Heart" [11] 2015
"Build a Fire" [12] 2017None Album Single
List of singles as featured artist, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Breathe" [13]
(Joel Ford featuring Ejecta)
2014Fugitive

Music videos

List of music videos, with director
TitleYearDirector
"Eleanor Lye"2014Allie Avital Tsypin
"Silver"Emir Eralp
"Into Your Heart"2015Toshadeva Palani
"Your Planet"Heidi Petty
"Crayon Cactus"2020Eric Epstein
"Call My Name"Ghostdad
"Cheese"Michael Hili
"AH HA"
"9 to 5"2021Eric Epstein

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