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Yerself Is Steam is the debut studio album by the American indie rock band Mercury Rev, released on May 14, 1991. The title is a mondegreen of the phrase "your self-esteem", and is taken from a recurring lyric in opening track "Chasing a Bee". "Car Wash Hair" was released as a single to follow the album. "Very Sleepy Rivers" is a reference to a previous lyric in the album, "your eyes are rivers, they give me shivers." A music video for "Chasing a Bee" was shot at an abandoned infectious disease hospital that once housed Mary Mallon on North Brother Island in the Bronx, and was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen. Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500 made a guest appearance on "Car Wash Hair" and assisted with recording, allegedly after bassist and engineer Dave Fridmann spent the band's advance on a holiday package. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerself...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)