ALBUM REVIEW: Yuck: Self Title

So it has been about a year of doing this Rock 'N' Roll Explosion blog and how it has blown by! I haven't posted in a couple months due to school and band stuff which has taken over my whole life. I've been going to many shows though and have been listening to many new and old albums. Some great, some terrible, but overall I think it was a good year in music and I am ready to get back into the blogging game!

The album I am reviewing today is Yuck. A record that since upon buying it about a week ago, I have not stopped listening to. I was first interested in this band a couple months ago but after listening to a couple of songs, I wasn't really into them. Then last week, I was sitting around and thinking, "I wish there was another new album that I could get really into." I then remembered Yuck and decided to give them another chance and I am glad I did because this album did meet that quota. My favorite tracks on this album are: "Get Away" "Suicide Policeman" "Operation" and "Rubber". "Get Away" is the opener and a very good introduction to the album. The guitars are noisy and the vocals are distorted, things I really like in songs. "Suicide Policeman" starts off with an acoustic guitar and very nice and soothing vocals. This song to me sounds nothing really like the rest of the record but it fits so well into it. Max Bloom, the lead guitar player, sings on "Operation" and really makes it his song. The lyrics on this song as well as the whole album seems very personal and kind of depressing. A perfect example to me of the depressing parts on this album is "Rubber" a 7 minute slow song that drones on and on. I love droning songs as you can see if I listen to songs by Sleep and such. This song is also a great end to Yuck because "Get Away:" starts in a very upbeat tempo and "Rubber" is slow, long cap to what was done on the record. I love this record and I will be posting the best albums of 2011 in a few days!