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and Yellerkin.

Early life

Galvin is from

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, and both his parents were creative professionals who encouraged him to explore the arts.Yoke Lore
at

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His brother is actor and singer

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. His father is Catholic and his mother is Jewish. Galvin attended Kenyon College where he began writing songs and playing drums for the band

. He split with the band to form a short-lived project called Yellerkin in 2013. Galvin lived in a monastery in India for a time after college. Yellerkin, which was based in Brooklyn, was co-founded with producer Luca Buccellati.

Yoke Lore

He released his first EP as Yoke Lore in 2016, and soon after performed at

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and toured internationally. Galvin is also a dancer and founded a dance group called Boomerang in 2016. In late 2017, he released a video for the song "Beige". Late in 2019, he released the single "Dead Ringer". Early in 2020, he collaborated with

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on the single "Sensitive Heart".Yoke Lore and Jax Anderson Are Just a Couple of 'Sensitive Hearts' on Sweet New Track: Exclusive
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'', February 14, 2020.

Discography

EPs

* Far Shore (B3SCI Records, May 6, 2016) * Goodpain (ILA / Yell House Records, June 16, 2017) * Yoke Lore on Audiotree Live- EP (

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Music, August 28, 2017) * Goodpain Remix EP (Big Indie / Yell House Records, January 12, 2018) * Absolutes (Big Indie / Yell House Records, July 27, 2018) * Meditations (Yell House Records, 2019)

Singles

*"Goodpain / Truly Madly Deeply – Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC" (October 11, 2017) *"Last Christmas – Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC" (November 29, 2017) *"Everybody Wants to Be Loved" with

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(August 30, 2019) *"Chin Up / Safe and Sound (Mahogany Sessions)" (September 12, 2019 *"Dead Ringer" (September 27, 2019) *"Bravado / Body Parts" (November 8, 2019) *"Sensitive Heart" with

(February 14, 2020) *"Fade Away" (August 7, 2020) *"Shock Flesh" (May 13, 2022)

Remixes

* "Stoned" (Yoke Lore Remix) by Blondage (2017) * "Lovesick." (Yoke Lore Remix) by Finlay (2019) * "All the Same" (Yoke Lore Remix) by Future Generations (2019)

Appearances

* "Stringsnoise" on the album ''Good Death'' by Samuel Proffitt (November 30, 2018) * "Wanted a Name" on the album ''Vacation'' by

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(January 16, 2019)

Compositions for film

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(2019)

References

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