George van den Broek’s mercurial talent has long been the talk of contemporary music. An overnight
sensation when 2016 debut E.P Harmless Melodies touched a nerve with a global audience of
millennials, he signed a worldwide deal with Sony while most teenagers’ biggest challenge would be
surviving Freshers’ Week.
Subsequent sonic excursions have seen him explore everything from sprawling pop fusion (Sony
debut A Day In A Yellow Beat) to sci-fi conceptualism (2024’s Hotel Heaven) -complete with themed
global tour.
His latest release as Yellow Days, Rock And A Hard Place, however, sees George — newly married
and drug-free — returning to the influences which inspired him to start making music in his parents’
garden shed in Haslemere, Surrey, as a wide-eyed 16-year-old.