[Update: As time went by since I wrote this post, two songs by "Yuck" which I did not review began to stand out to me, so I am updating this to include those two songs]
Yuck is a band I first heard of while listening to sports talk radio show of all places. The host put on their song "Get Away" as a transition into commercial break. It just goes to show you never know when or where you'll be introduced to a new band. Yuck formed in 2009, but didn't released their first album until February, 2011. They join the countless number of artists whose debut albums are eponymous, seriously there are a ton. To name a few there is Vampire Weekend's Vampire Weekend, Weezer's Weezer, and Nirvana's Nirvana. I was too lazy to go through and count, but there must be over two hundred eponymous albums on the full list. Two of the band members, Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom, played in Cajun Dance Party before joining Yuck. If you asked me to describe their sound in terms of other band's, I would say they sound like a mix of Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr, and some Oasis mixed in for some British flavor. The mixture creates quite a unique sound that is both hard enough to satisfy fans of rock but thought out and raw enough for indie fans.
Yuck is a band I first heard of while listening to sports talk radio show of all places. The host put on their song "Get Away" as a transition into commercial break. It just goes to show you never know when or where you'll be introduced to a new band. Yuck formed in 2009, but didn't released their first album until February, 2011. They join the countless number of artists whose debut albums are eponymous, seriously there are a ton. To name a few there is Vampire Weekend's Vampire Weekend, Weezer's Weezer, and Nirvana's Nirvana. I was too lazy to go through and count, but there must be over two hundred eponymous albums on the full list. Two of the band members, Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom, played in Cajun Dance Party before joining Yuck. If you asked me to describe their sound in terms of other band's, I would say they sound like a mix of Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr, and some Oasis mixed in for some British flavor. The mixture creates quite a unique sound that is both hard enough to satisfy fans of rock but thought out and raw enough for indie fans.
