{"id":5300,"date":"2014-02-11T05:30:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T10:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=5300"},"modified":"2014-02-11T05:30:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T10:30:33","slug":"yucks-glow-behold-shoegaze-meets-melody-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/11\/yucks-glow-behold-shoegaze-meets-melody-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuck’s “Glow & Behold” — Shoegaze Meets Melody (Part Two)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Part One<\/a>…<\/em><\/p>\n

The first record was self-produced; for Glow & Behold<\/em>, the band chose to work with Chris Coady<\/strong>, who’s worked with other indie-styled artists like Smith Westerns<\/strong>, Wavves<\/strong> and Beach House<\/strong>. Max Bloom says that the \u201cbrightness\u201d of Coady’s sound works well with the songs on this album. \u201cI’m used to doing everything [in the studio] myself; I’m very hands-on,\u201d Bloom says. \u201cAnd Chris is a hands-on producer. So this meant giving a lot of responsibility to him. And just the opportunity to have someone else in the room, someone to talk about what you’re doing, is a big help. It’s a different way of working for me, and it was a very interesting one. And a positive one, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The album’s primitive\/abstract artwork (by Katherine Campbell<\/strong>) is likely to start a few conversations. \u201cI gave her the tracks, told her a little bit about the album, and she went away for a long time, and came back with a few things,\u201d Bloom recalls. \u201cThe [art chosen for the] album cover stood out for me; I don’t know what it was.\u201d He prefers to leave its meaning open to individual interpretation. \u201cWe have a backdrop of the album cover when we play. When you look at that, you might have your own opinion of what it might be. And that’s what we wanted out of the artwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/center>On Glow & Behold<\/em>, Yuck also moves beyond its guitar\/bass\/drums format to include brass on a few tracks (among the album’s strongest). \u201cIt was an urge to try something different,\u201d Bloom says. \u201cWith the first album, we had a strict limitation. It worked, and it was fun to write within those guidelines; we used those limitations to our advantage.\u201d He describes the addition of horns \u2013 played by him and two guest musicians \u2013 as \u201ca way to amuse ourselves,\u201d but the end result expands on Yuck’s sonic palette in a logical way that feels quite natural.<\/p>\n

That said, onstage, Yuck is sticking to its stripped-down trio featuring Bloom on guitar plus bassist\/vocalist Mariko Doi<\/strong> and drummer Jonny Rogoff<\/strong>. \u201cI like the live experience to be something completely different form the record,\u201d Bloom says. \u201cA lot of people who come to see us live comment that it does sound a lot different. When you’re at a show and that’s what you’re seeing, it’s special in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yuck released \u201cRebirth\u201d as a single ahead of the album, and then \u201cMiddle Sea\u201d as a single after the album came out. Asked if he views the album format as viable in this age of download culture, Bloom says, \u201cI don’t know if it’s necessarily the best<\/em> way, but for me it’s the only<\/em> way. The album is the highest form that a band or an artist can use to express themselves. For me,\u201d he continues,\u201d I only ever listen to albums. If I like a song, I want to listen to it in the context of an album. In this day and age, that might be old-fashioned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like writing catchy songs, you might say.<\/p>\n

Yuck will be at The Mothlight in Asheville NC on Tuesday, February 11.<\/em><\/p>\n

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