Yuck

Orizio

Thought I would bring this group and their brilliant self-titled album to everybodies attention. Very well put together punk/rock with numerous lighter moments. Very like Dinosaur Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW_dPiqULrc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUR2JfNJtSM

fulhamfanincork

Have listened to Coconut Bible before and its an awesome song, album is out soon enough.

fulhamfanincork

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW_dPiqULrc

can't fix the other link for you

AhSureTisGrand

Very like Dinosaur Jr

KeanSeenan

I quite liked this album, not groundbreaking stuff, sort of like the appetizer to the 90s guitar bands they are referencing.

take everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D47ulYzqeJU

Just heard Shook Down on the radio and thought who is this- Dinosaur Junior? Teenage Fanclub? The Lemonheads? :pac:
Had to look them up.
Lovely sound.

lewisdhead

take everything wrote: »

Just heard Shook Down on the radio and thought who is this- Dinosaur Junior? Teenage Fanclub? The Lemonheads? :pac:
Had to look them up.
Lovely sound.

Actually saw Yuck supporting Teenage Fanclub in London back in December. Like them a lot, they're influences are worn proudly on their sleeves.

BTW any Teenage Fanclub fans here. Latest album "Shadows" is excellent, but I will admit to being a little obsessed by them.

donfers

one of my favourite new bands, the album is excellent, not a filler track on it and it's rare that i say that these days

calex71

Was watching Jools Holland in bed last friday just about to swtich off and they came on, had never heard of them.

Got up early and went into town to get the cd on Saturday. It's like a glorious mix of so many of the bands I liked from the 90's. As said it's not a ground breaking album, but it is very very good, very enjoyable indeed.

Operation is a big favorite from it.

teekayd25

Part of the bill at Cork X Southwest this weekend.

donfers

the critics love their "ground-breaking" albums, stuff like tuneyards (and no i can't be arsed capitalising half the letters) recent album because it's doesn't follow a conventional song structure, I'd say half these bands looked at the critical acclaim Radiohead got and said to themselves they'd do the same, queue a load of albums with people shrieking and scraping stuff against walls and strangling their cats to see what sound came out and using their toilet brush as an instrument etc etc i.e. a lot of it is wilfully obtuse self-indulgent nonsense

I admire originality and innovation as much as the next man but some of these groups/singers should get their heads out of their arses and realise that first and foremost it's about the music

Yuck make good music, yes they didn't invent a new guitar with biscuit tins and the hairs from their beards, yes they didn't invent a new "sound", yes many label them derivative (as if that is so bad), but the truth is they write their own songs and the songs sound good and if you can do that then that's good enough for me, many bands/groups forget the songs sounding good part and go immediately to "let's be weird and different" and yes they are that but i'm not going to give them a 9/10 score just because they bang their head against the table instead of using a drum and sing the lyrics while brusing their teeth

akaspike

Picked this album up after hearing Cage the Elephant mention them in an interview. Best fiver (HMV UK) i've ever spent. Instantly thought i was back in the 90's, listening to songs that would remind of those special moments in years to come. Real back to basics stuff.
Best feeling was getting on a bike and turning on Get Away and just cycling.

losthorizon

Saw them on later as well - excellent band. I think Mr Holland said they were from a number of different countrys.

paddylonglegs

couple of great tunes, only going by their youtube uploads so can't comment on their album structure.Very 90's alright which seem to be the main feedback, don't think that makes them stand out from the hundreds of bands like them, but looking forward to seeing them live at some stage

seachto7

too cool for school.
Like 99% of bands these days, hyped up ta f**k,and once you hear them you go "is that it???"

sarkozy

seachto7 wrote: »

too cool for school.
Like 99% of bands these days, hyped up ta f**k,and once you hear them you go "is that it???"

Totally a guilty pleasure for me. But their stuff leaves me absolutely confused like I'm travelling in time to a distant present. They're like one of those mediocre 90s bands that slipped through the net, eclipsed by Dinosaur Jr, Yo la Tengo, Guided by Voices, Pavement, but somebody's 'discovered' them. That's fine, but they're totally over-hyped. They're young, the music's fun but not a patch on their influences.

Air_Bass

At least they don't sound and dress like they are from the 80's like so much alt/indie twaddle around at the moment.
.....I want a 90's revival, and before I'm too old to enjoy it :-)
I got the Yuck album because of the single Holing Out and was expecting most tracks to be nice noisy ones like that, but there's a lot of quiet tunes on it :-( Nice enough album but it ain't gonna change my world.