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Yonic Youth began in 2018 on Hamilton College’s campus, when two members-to-be of the band noticed a green apple with wings painted on a mural. The green apple (the symbol of Kirkland, the womxn’s college of Hamilton) had a yonic quality to it, which begged the question, “Is it an apple? Or is it a vagina?” Yonic Youth was born.
The band began as a reclamation of the music scene at Hamilton as one for womxn too. Since its birth, Yonic Youth has cycled through various combinations of members, with a total of 11 alumni. Every year born anew with different femme-identifying musicians, Yonic Youth is not only a band but a greater symbol of solidarity - a voice for marginalized groups on campus, and has no plans of dying off soon.
This dynamic nature of the band lends to Yonic Youth’s diverse and ever-changing sound, mirrored in their first EP, Fruit of the Womb. From a slow ballad to punk, all of the different sounds are linked by the common theme of womxnhood.
The EP was created by 5 members, Joyce Lee ‘20 on keys, Isabel Royer ‘20 on vocals, Julia Opatrny ‘20 on drums, Sara Jadbabaie ‘21 on guitar, and Jane Taylor ‘22 on bass guitar.
The band began as a reclamation of the music scene at Hamilton as one for womxn too. Since its birth, Yonic Youth has cycled through various combinations of members, with a total of 11 alumni. Every year born anew with different femme-identifying musicians, Yonic Youth is not only a band but a greater symbol of solidarity - a voice for marginalized groups on campus, and has no plans of dying off soon.
This dynamic nature of the band lends to Yonic Youth’s diverse and ever-changing sound, mirrored in their first EP, Fruit of the Womb. From a slow ballad to punk, all of the different sounds are linked by the common theme of womxnhood.
The EP was created by 5 members, Joyce Lee ‘20 on keys, Isabel Royer ‘20 on vocals, Julia Opatrny ‘20 on drums, Sara Jadbabaie ‘21 on guitar, and Jane Taylor ‘22 on bass guitar.
