{"id":66998,"date":"2019-10-23T00:32:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T22:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=66998"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:56:14","slug":"itw-young-clancy-sits-down-to-talk-influences-outlooks-and-vol-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/itw-young-clancy-sits-down-to-talk-influences-outlooks-and-vol-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"ITW \u2013 Young Clancy sits down to talk influences, outlooks, and Vol. II."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From bartending at a sleazy steakhouse to putting out some of the best indie pop Toronto has to offer, Nate Burley&#8217;s journey from basement hermitage to underground stardom as <strong>Young Clancy<\/strong> has been one worth watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His latest EP, <em>Vol II.<\/em>, is full of finely curated soul samples, well-developed characters and, of course, unshakeable melodies and grooves. Our conversation with him about<em><strong> <\/strong><\/em>the EP is full of insight into all of that and more, including a lowdown on some of the equipment he used, a glance at the emotional catalysts behind the songwriting, and even a preview of the potentially tongue-in-cheek plan to pull a &#8220;reverse Wu-Tang&#8221; on his next project. Take a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jon Vilardi<\/strong> : <strong>We just&nbsp;recently&nbsp;featured your track &#8220;Level&#8221; off of Vol II and noted the hints of vintage soul that you wove into it. Who are some of your biggest influences from back in the day?<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Young Clancy<\/strong> : I made the first demo of level a long ass time ago. Pre-streaming times when I used to download real files and listened on a iPod Nano. I had heard one David Ruffin song I liked and downloaded his entire discography (like 200 songs) from Pirate Bay and was obsessed for a while. This was around the same time I started producing \u2013 so I have like 50 terrible beats built around David Ruffin samples. He\u2019s just an incredible singer \u2013 the album <em>\u2018My Brother\u2019s Keeper\u2019<\/em> is amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><p><em><strong>&#8220;I had heard one David Ruffin song I liked and downloaded his entire discography [&#8230;] was obsessed for a while&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/662130617&amp;color=%23848484&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/620719656&amp;color=%23807c6c&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jon<\/strong> : <strong>For those of us who can strongly relate to having stagnated after graduating with a creative writing degree, what was the process of making something from nothing like when you put out your debut EP Yung Prince of the Basement?<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Young Clancy :<\/strong> Really a process of elimination. I didn\u2019t really go after music or anything really until my mid 20s and I had exhausted every other option available to me and I guess I can see why\u2026 it\u2019s very hard to make good music and requires you to expose yourself in some way and is improbable as a source of income. These are the facts but obviously you have to do it anyways\u2026 It was inevitable that I would\u2026 I\u2019m just grateful I had a depressing job at the time that afforded me the lack-of-shame to create a EP called <em>\u2018Yung Prince of the Basement\u2019<\/em> and really give it my all.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jon : You&#8217;ve said that Vol II explores a modern and fractured masculine perspective, and that each song is a reach for love and hope over emptiness. What were the emotional catalysts that made you decide these were the themes you needed to write an EP about?<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Young Clancy :<\/strong> I don\u2019t know. I think I regret using the word \u201cmasculine\u201d and \u201cfractured\u201d and \u201cmodern.\u201d It\u2019s not great. I think all the \u201cpeople\u201d in the songs on the EP are very well meaning but incredibly dysfunctional \u2013 that\u2019s something I noticed after the fact. They\u2019re all some version of me and technically I\u2019m a man but there\u2019s nothing inherently masculine about that \u2013 about that sort of emotional impotence that I think\u2019s portrayed in the lyrics. I don\u2019t know, I have to stop throwing words together and think about it more I guess.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/662130533&amp;color=%23807c6c&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/662130518&amp;color=%23807c6c&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jon : Production-wise, Vol II bounces between everything from organic, earthy acoustic guitars to super-sleek synths, and everything in between. What was the philosophy when it came to balancing familiar vs. new sounds, and what was some of the equipment you got the most mileage out of in the recording process?<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Young Clancy :<\/strong> I make most demos almost entirely in ableton with plug-ins and samples. I\u2019m not great playing keys or guitar or anything\u2026 can get by but anything cool I can do is usually on a writing or programming level. Working with Dave Plowman and Gray Rowan at their studios \u2013 that\u2019s where we added all of the humanity\u2026 live instruments, space, analog gritties \u2013 you gotta at some point. Well you don\u2019t at all actually, but I wanted to. We used the Eventide H3000 a lot. It can make anything sound a little weirder \/ more interesting \/ can kind of smush different sounds into the same fun world. Also the Roland JX-8P was around a lot \u2013 must of used that warm \/ thick piano sound more than anything else.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\"><p><strong><em>&#8220;Working with Dave Plowman and Gray Rowan at their studios \u2013 that\u2019s where we added all of the humanity\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"3\" data-effect=\"fade\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  width=\"1356\"  height=\"844\"  alt=\"\"  class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-66899 pk-lazyload\"  data-id=\"66899\"  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Who are the Torontonian artists beyond that scene that the rest of us are missing out on, and who are some local contemporaries you&#8217;re inspired by?<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Young Clancy :<\/strong> I put out a project called <em>\u2018Friends EP\u2019<\/em> last march that features Maddee, Chris LaRocca, Matthew Progress, MI Blue and Jonah Yano &#8211; all still my favs in Toronto. Would also add Moneyphone and Louie Short.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/662130581&amp;color=%23c9a99e&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/662130530&amp;color=%23b0b0a8&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jon : Lastly, where can people catch these new jams live, and what are some early predictions for volume three?<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Young Clancy :<\/strong> It\u2019s gonna be called <em>\u201cVolume III\u201d.<\/em> That\u2019s for sure. I was thinking about doing the opposite of that Wu-tang album: instead of one physical copy that costs 1 million dollars, there\u2019ll be 100,000 physical copies available that each cost ten dollars \u2013 much more affordable \/ accessible but with the exact same total revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\">Follow <strong>Young Clancy<\/strong> on : <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/young.clancy\/\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youngclance\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/young-clancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">SoundCloud<\/a> |&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/young.clancy\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From bartending at a sleazy steakhouse to putting out some of the best indie pop Toronto has to offer, Nate Burley&#8217;s journey from basement hermitage to underground stardom as Young Clancy has been one worth watching. 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