Covet

YVETTE YOUNG MIGHT CALL IT A NEW BEGINNING, BUT HER PLAYING ON CATHARSIS IS AS BLINDING AS EVER

- Andrew Daly

FOR THOSE LEANING toward indie, a life in music presents many challenges. For Yvette Young, the Ibanez-wielding leader of Covet, perseverance became a mantra while writing her latest effort, Catharsis.

“Without getting too much into it, Catharsis is significant,” Young says. “I went through a lineup change because I felt unsafe within my project. I had to get things out and purge; it was an emotional catharsis. I spun that into a positive, and even though it was tumultuous, it was healing. Catharsis encapsulates my new beginning.”

No one would have blamed Young for folding Covet’s proverbial tent. After all, she’s released four discs under her name, so she’s capable of making a go of it on her own — but Covet holds a deeper meaning.