Yuppie Flu
Fragile Forest

     This is my first review on DeBaser. Beginnings are important, so I need to write about important bands like Yuppie Flu, although in this case, it’s about an album that is not a masterpiece but has enjoyed good public success since its release.

Fragile Forest is the name of the sixth studio album by the band from Ancona, which became important for several reasons:
    First - coming from a period where Radiohead primarily, and then Nine Inch Nails and others, allowed their work to be listened to for free, through their official sites, in Italy one of the first examples of independence from their label through free-will download is precisely this work, which was later also released on compact disc, staying true to Homesleep.
    Second - musically, it was highly anticipated by fans and critics alike given the good results of the previous ones.
    Third - being one of the most well-known Italian indie-rock bands abroad, capable of attracting many foreign listeners to our scene, the anxiety consumed us, as we expected a good work capable of expanding the horizons of music branded Italy. This happened precisely because of the new marketing strategy, being indeed the simplest and most effective dissemination that has ever existed.

The band's skill is not in question, confirmed by the fact that the last "Toast Master" was appreciated by Thom Yorke who, through the Yuppie's BBC sessions, personally wrote about wanting all their records, a small anecdote that reinforces the band's skill.

    Certainly, Fragile Forest in their musical career will not be remembered as their best album, it's the most mature for sure, with refinements and references to '68 that resonate with nostalgia.
The sound that now characterizes them has remained almost intact, the psychedelic addition has made them more distinctive, in Patiend one and Cold device (with the intro quoting "Tomorrow Never Knows" by the Beatles). The initial part of Eyes sounds similar to Baustelle, and Summer Afternoon has a post-rock style akin to Giardini di Mirò. Yellow Hills is the central piece, the most intense, and in this piece, the vocal similarity to Mercury Rev shines.
At the end of this work, Blue plot closes the curtain, and it seems to be leaving us with a precise warning for the future: innovation through the pursuit of old musical values does well.