SIMPLETON, the third album from multi-platinum indie-rock singer/songwriter YOT CLUB, dismantles the utopian view of the American suburbs, treating finely manicured life as a mirage. Across its 13 tracks, the LP wrestles with how curated feeds and predictable routines can blur, and even erase, empathy and responsibility, creating a world where difficult questions and harsh realities are easy to ignore.In 2019, Ryan Kaiser started Yot Club in his college dorm, crafting a lo-fi, classically cool indie rock sound grounded under a dreamlike haze. Two years later, his breakthrough single YKWIM? quickly reached viral status on TikTok (today, its been streamed more than 1 billion times) and has since taken him around the world at festivals like Treefort, Kilby Block Party and Pitchfork Paris. But even as his personal geography has shifted to Nashville, New York, Philadelphia and now LA the suburban logic he grew up with continues to color his writing. At one point in Kaisers life, his surroundings were just scenery; now, as his understanding of the world and his place in it have grown, they read differently a learned sense of perspective that marks his songs.When I first started, I was posting music into the void with no expectations that anyone would hear it, he says. I feel more ready now to write about something nuanced, whereas a few years ago Id probably just say, Ill write about my dog. Ive realized it all has to mean something otherwise, whats the point?WebsiteInstagram