Yellow 6 - Icanhearthemusicallaroundme 12"
(Atomic Recordings)
Icanhearthemusicallaroundme is a vinyl-only mini-LP. It only
has 6 songs, all 5 or 6 minutes long, which makes for a good sized helping
of Yellow 6 but keeps me reaching for the repeat button or another Yellow 6
release to get my fill for the day.
This 12" offers a slightly different angle to the band than I've heard
before. Songs like "I Can Hear" and "Self Distract" use pretty acoustic
guitar tracks (sometimes strummed, sometimes picked) which blur beneath the
layer of treated guitars swirling throughout the songs.
I listened to this record the day we had our first snow of the winter and
the first track, "N.Y.E.," was the perfect soundtrack for it. There is a
straightforward, picked electric guitar which leads the song through the cold
ambience floating down through the music.
The vinyl is thick, and the cover art is very nice and fits the music
perfectly. At the moment, this is my favorite Yellow 6 release, but with
him, it's pretty much just a matter of whichever release I've been listening to
recently.
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