If you missed Yip Deceiver the last time they were in Gainesville, you can catch them again live on Sunday.
The electro-pop/indie-dance band will be returning to High Dive, located at 210 SW Second Ave., and this time they’re coming equipped with a set of new songs and a fresh member.
“We’ve been a two-piece for the last five years and it just got to the point where we had reached the limit of things that we could actually do to make it interesting so we’re like, ‘Alright, now it’s time to get a drummer,’” Davey Pierce said.
The trio, now comprised of producer and songwriter Pierce, executive vibes manager Nicolas “Dobby” Dobbratz and drummer John Swint, has played 50 shows since the start of 2015.
“We’ve taken him (Swint) around the country twice now. I’m sure he’s regretting it,” Pierce joked.
Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show will begin at 8:30. Opening performances include Michael Parallax, Wales and Gainesville-based band Keys to Atlas. Tickets can be purchased for $9 at the door. Advanced tickets can be purchased for $7 at Hear Again Music and Movies or on ticketweb.com.
“We have been bringing them (Yip Deceiver) to Gainesville for years, ever since the members were in Of Montreal,” said Pat Lavery, owner of Glory Days Presents.
After six years of touring the world and playing bass with Of Montreal, Pierce decided to venture off and establish his own project. In 2008, he began writing songs for Yip Deceiver. The duo was officially born in 2010 when Dobbratz, who was also in Of Montreal, collaborated with Pierce.
“It was kind of a project that I did at my house to alleviate the boredom,” Pierce said. “Dobby heard it, and he wanted to sing on a track, so I put him on one song and it kind of kept going after that.”
The band is currently preparing for the release of their upcoming album, which Pierce said is more of a live band than the last record because they wanted it to be a little more organic.
“Now that we have the rest of the band we can actually be like a rock band, you know?” Pierce said.
Fans can expect to hear new music such as “Red Line” and “Local Business,” but may hear some of the older dance tracks from their last album, “Medallius,” such as “Get Strict” and “Lover.”
The song “Obnoxia,” another track on “Medallius,” speaks to Pierce the most and helped him through a time in his life.
“It’s kind of like the truest thing that I’ve ever written with this project,” he said.
Pierce concluded by saying he enjoys playing to two people as much as he enjoys playing to a thousand people.
“For me it really is just the act of actually getting up and doing it,” Pierce said. “It’s equally fun, everywhere, every time.”
[A version of this story ran on page 9 on 5/14/15]
