The Yum Yums
For Those About To Pop!

This is for those who truly believe.

This is for those who are willing to go all the way.

This is for those who want to have fun and know that the fun can never end.

This is for those who pick up a guitar and play power pop.

Because if there used to be soldiers of rock 'n' roll, now there are also soldiers of power pop; they're just less "soldiers," they don't have the physique, and they smile 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Norwegian Yum Yums are the new breed and already veterans: they've been around for almost 30 years, they've made 5 albums, all the same, and those who are part of the new wave do well to have them all, but if you only want one, it's “For Those About To Pop!”, the one that comes closest to being a masterpiece of the genre.

Nothing to do with Big Star, nothing to do with the Flamin' Groovies, some affinity with Real Kids and Hitmen, when punk started flirting shamelessly with power pop, “Some Kinda Girls” and “Didn't Tell The Man”.

No room for sentimentality – this isn't Elvis thrilling you with “Blue Suede Shoes” and then softening you with “I'm Counting On You” – songs that only go fast, faster, and even faster, like a convertible speeding down the scenic route from the hill to the seaside, that unseemly Morten at the wheel, his girl in the seat next to him chewing gum and fiddling with the car radio looking for that station playing “Rockaway Beach”.

Cotton candy and colorful candies, a few bitter tears that dry right away, this is the soundtrack of the endless summer of pop and adolescent loves from the musicarello era.

Crystal-clear voice, melodious harmonies, and overdriven guitars.

Songs easy to remember, sing, and play.

Right now, I'm not looking for anything better.