Yuck -- "Operation"

FIRST OFF... Congrats to Arcade Fire. Great musicians, even better people. So happy for them. However, work is to be done and I am going to stick to my game... bands that will never be nominated for a Grammy.


Yuck, a young indie rock band out of London, might have one the best band names I have heard in the past few years. More importantly however is the fact that they are fantastic. Their self titled debut will be released on Tuesday (Feb. 15th) and has been getting some serious hype. Their sound is often a grab bag of late 80s/early 90s indie rock. You can certainly hear the likes of Sonic Youth, Dinasour Jr, some post-rock stuff as well as some shoegaze. Their sound is often nostalgic, but I do not want to give the impression that they aren't original because they certainly write some really good original songs. They, unlike many bands who try to sound like a period/sound in music, find the happy medium between nostalgia and originality... now to contradict myself... The song that I think you must hear from Yuck is "Operation," which is a very obvious Sonic Youth rip, or at least pays some serious homage to it. If you have heard Sonic Youth's "Teenage Riot," the first cut from their masterpiece, Daydream Nation, you will immediatly hear what I am talking about. If Yuck is going to pay homage to any band though, Sonic Youth should be that band. Whether or not it bothers you that this song sounds like Sonic Youth really shouldn't matter. The song is still cathchy, energetic, ballsy... just rockin'. Give it a listen.


-- Greg