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Rating: THE REVIEW
We grew up with the same albums, me and Yuck.
Castaways in the land of daydreams, lost in fantasizing about a now extinct Freak scene, which has become an object of nostalgia and historiographic review by critics and aficionados. After all, you don't come out unscathed from the eighties, true, but even surpassing the threshold of the nineties must not have been particularly easy.
Yuck are four atypical Englishmen, raised on tea and Pavement, even before Jesus & Mary Chain. They unabashedly do nothing to hide it. "Yuck" is an album of Guitar Pop, reminding us where and when all of Albion's next big things failed in the last stretch of the century, lost among fictitious New Wave revamps and asymmetric haircuts. The results here resonate spontaneously both when the gritty guitarism of J Mascis is cited ("Get Away"), and when the rhythms dissolve into almost Shoegaze processions ("Rubber"). Well-crafted Slacker Pop ("Suck", "Operation") and bubblegum remnants ("The Wall") crystallize time, freezing it in the blessed year when Punk exploded.
Out of time, precisely because of this, we needed it.
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Yuck's debut album reflects a deep nostalgia for the '80s and '90s alternative scenes with a blend of guitar pop, shoegaze, and slacker rock. The band openly embraces their influences from Pavement and Jesus & Mary Chain, delivering a well-crafted and authentic sound. The album is praised for capturing the mood and spirit of a bygone era while maintaining relevance. Highlights include a mix of gritty guitar work and dreamy rhythms.Tracklist Videos
Yuck
Yuck were an English indie rock band formed in London in 2009 by Max Bloom and Daniel Blumberg (both formerly of Cajun Dance Party), joined by Mariko Doi and Jonny Rogoff. Known for a 1990s‑leaning blend of noise pop and shoegaze, they released the albums Yuck (2011), Glow & Behold (2013), and Stranger Things (2016). The band disbanded in 2021.03 Reviews
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By kloo
We are probably facing one of the best works of the last 5 years of indie music.
"Rubber" amazes with its heaviness, acoustic depth, long feedbacks, and hefty riffs, slowing the heart and relaxing and assaulting it at the same time.
