Your Other Half

Your Other Half 2020 highlighted many challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic; in Los Angeles where the cases soared uncontrollably, mandatory lockdowns forced three musicians to collaborate in their safe bubble. What was intended as songwriting sessions to pass this time, ended up birthing a band, as Evan Greer, Woody Aplanalp and Anton Soder soon realized they were crafting undeniably great songs, and Your Other Half was born. They had one common factor - Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc. Evan Greer and Woody Aplanalp are two band members of Blacc’s band and Anton Soder, a Swedish native, had worked with Woody Aplanalp on various projects for Blacc including producing the Monday Night ESPN theme song. The isolation in LA had Your Other Half penning song after song, creating a genre-fluid sound that combines modern rock, eclectic soul and alt-pop. Sonic comparisons have been placed with the likes of Imagine Dragons, Kid Cudi and Lil Nas X. The trio collectively bring musicianship and live experience to the table. Lead singer and drummer, Evan Greer picked up his first drum sticks at the age of two and has played with QVLN, Quetzal, Aloe Blacc, Rocky Dawuni, Kanye West, and Janelle Monae. Lead guitarist Woody Aplanalp, is a multifaceted musician with a background in Jazz, Classical and R&B and has performed globally with various multi-genre bands and renowned World Music musicians. Producer Anton Soder, is originally from Stockholm, moved to Los Angeles to study music engineering and landed a production job at Atlantic studios in Hollywood and went onto engineer with artists from Icona Pop to Ziggy Marley. Your Other Half’s mission is to spread love, promote social change, and make a global impact with their music. The troubles of quarantine sparked the drive to write their debut single, ‘Fight Flight or Freeze’. With the uncertainties, the highs and lows of the year, many struggled with depression and anxiety, channelling the opening lyrics; “It’s like a thousand tiny buffaloes, Are running through my chest, Like I’m caught inside an undertow, Without a life vest”. Their still to-be-titled EP due out later this year, features a track with Aloe Blacc, ‘Superheroes’, ‘We Back And We Did It’, a hype energetic anthem and ‘Braveface’, an rock-esque driven song. The band has received rave reviews from industry critics and are looking forward to sharing live performances across the US and hopefully soon to international stages once the world opens up again. Their new release, PERSONALITY, comes out on November 5th, via Blacc Label Entertainment, Inc., Aloe Blacc’s label group. Aloe Blacc saw the undeniable talent and work ethic in YOH after seamlessly working with them on a couple of songs and his latest release ALL NIGHT LONG, which YOH produced. ‘All Night Long’ is licensed to ESPN and airs weekly for this seasons Monday Night Countdown. Blacc - ‘Your Other Half’ takes a demo and can read the sonic vision so easily for a song so raw, and can also take direction to a point. This team has created a phenomenal catalog of songs that I look forward to the world receiving.”