Every weekday, we're offering downloadable songs from artists playing in the New York City area that night. Here's one from a band that's attracting fans with their rugged, lionhearted sound.

Wild Yaks
"River May Come"
Playing at: Union Hall (702 Union St., Park Slope)
Get: Tickets ($8 at door) | Directions

Big, endearingly sloppy and sounding like they've been listening to "House of the Rising Sun" on repeat forever, Brooklyn's Wild Yaks play rowdy rootsy music that's hard to categorize -- Americana punk, maybe? Whatever they are, the quartet is happy being bearded, sweaty and loud, as on this track. Underscored by gutsy guitar and deep saxophone, the four members scream their way through this simple, wrenching, melancholy tune.

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