The Yagas – Runaway

The Yagas, the acclaimed alt rock band fronted by Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Vera Farmiga, are back with their new single “Runaway” along with an epic music video.

The 80s-inspired, synth-heavy track marks a stylistic change, but still showcases Farmiga’s powerful vocals and the band’s blistering power. The love song implores the listener to run like hell toward wherever makes you feel happier, freer, healthier, because love is reason enough to run.

The Yagas – Vera Farmiga (vocals), Renn Hawkey (keys), Jason Bowman (drums), and Mark Visconti (guitar) – officially debuted in late 2024 with the single “The Crying Room” and then released their critically acclaimed, independent debut full-length album, Midnight Minuet, in April 2025.

Produced by Hawkey (formerly of famed alt-metal band Deadsy), the 10-track collection – also featuring the singles “She’s Walking Down,” “Life Of A Widow” and “I Am” – was hailed as “one of the best debuts of 2025.” The band’s most recent release was the standalone single “Illusion,” a haunting song released last September to complement the theatrical release of Farmiga’s film, The Conjuring: Last Rites. Since their debut, The Yagas have amassed over 35 million collective streams and video views.

The Yagas took shape after its members met at Rock Academy (a Woodstock-based music school run by drummer Jason Bowman) and began playing together in the school’s adult program, discovering an undeniable musical chemistry. An audacious band with otherworldly origins, the New York-based band borrowed their name from the mystical Slavic folklore figure Baba Yaga, believed to devour the souls of the newly deceased to safeguard the fountains of life. The Yagas share their namesake’s storied penchant for shapeshifting, morphing from metal to industrial to wildly extravagant alt-rock as their songs journey into the strangest depths of the human psyche.

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