Yuck's Daniel Blumberg is having a very busy year. Fresh from releasing his main band's excellent debut album last month, he's releasing his first solo album later this year. Stylistically it is a lot mellower, sounding much more like the 'Yu(c)k' version of the band that released an acoustic cassette last year. Indeed, I'm beginning to think of it as a replacement for the 'Yu(c)k' venture - in fact, the EP can now be found on Oupa's SoundCloud. I can't help think that this is a way to release that kind of hauntingly melodic song without being surrounded by the scrutiny and pressure that a new Yuck (or even a Yu(c)k) release would bring. It even has the same kind of artwork as the main band.
The one track revealed to the world so far is 'Forget', an almost ghostly piano-led ballad that is genuinely stunning even on first listen, and it is easily the equal of anything on the aforementioned EP. He's got a couple of London dates lined up (as well as a few over in the US, including a SXSW showcase) and I'm definitely going to try and get to at least one of them.
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