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"Basically you get room for three attempts on a tape reel and then you have to pick the best one. It really forces you to make decisions, because you can record over it, but then you have to pick which one you'll lose." Matt Helders has grown a lot more philosophical since the last I talked to him five years and four albums ago. The drumming, singing powerhouse behind Arctic Monkeys is no longer out to be the loudest, fastest man in the room. Instead, he and his band decided it was high time they made "a grower, or whatever that means," and the result, 'Suck It And See' is perhaps the best indication of how the band have matured under a harsh industry spotlight; well-crafted, multi-layered and effortlessly unravelling, "just like a good film." | Yuck
Yuck Fat Possum Records Here's a clever trick if you're making a record - keep the vocals fairly low in the mix with a ravaging distortion effect so the only way listeners can hear what's going on is with the volume at ten. London grunge revivalists Yuck are doing precisely this, and while it might be a cause for irritation, it really is the only way this record should be heard. The five piece are doing the lo-fi power pop thing so darn right and after the recent bombardment of surfer rock with distant echoed vocal, this insert of brash and severely likeable nineties garage fodder is actually much the opposite of how it is aurally - a breath of fresh air. | |
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