Saturday, February 26, 2011

song of the day: february 25/2011

Yuck - Get Away
Album - Yuck [2011]

yuck displays a firm grasp of all things that make noise pop and/or shoegaze so great, like dynamics, male/female vocal tradeoffs, a bitter romantic lyrical outlook, and tons of pedals and guitars! this debut album is stunning and overloaded with loud, fuzzy guitars that whine and grind through the songs, just like they should. this song, the first on the album, rocks-out mightily and would make j mascis (dinosaur jr.) and dough martsch (built to spill) proud as hell. along with the ferocity comes restraint too, and the record is dotted with quieter songs as well which show the band can succeed without loads of volume. "yuck" is an impressively assured debut from such a young band. their love of shoegaze and loud/quiet 90's guitar rock is unadultered and it translates into the songs and their sound, making it pure and easy-to-love for all those who have ever been fans themselves (*raises hand).

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