Young Von Prettylips
By Young Buffalo
Impression: This short album from Young Buffalo opens up with "Only We Can Keep You From Harm" which, in the beginning, reminds me of Native American trible chants, like from a very serious spiritual ceremony. These rhythmic vocals continue throughout other songs, each one developing into a faster tempo. The Spinner short introduction describes the album as mixing power punk with indie rock, but I hear the power punk side the loudest during "Full Metal Whacket," which sounds slightly more chaotic as the track moves on, reaching a crescendo before returning to the chipper melody from the first few bars. At the beginning of "Catapilah," I detect a hint of rockabilly in the guitar which is promptly drowned out by a clattering of cymbals and---my oh my -- a tambourine, if my ears serve me correctly. The album ends with the somber "Bury Me," bringing it full circle. On the singer -- in my opinion, he hearkens back to Second Wave bands in the 80s, if/when they did more acoustic stuff. I'm cool with that....
If I had money, I would: I'd probably buy it. It's a short album, so I doubt it costs more than $4 on iTunes or Amazon. But, since I don't have money, I'll be honest -- it's not at the top of my (exceedingly long) list. However, it's not at the bottom either. I'd say in the upper third of my list of songs/albums I need to download/acquire.
How the artist describes their sound: Primitive indie rock that yearns for a simpler time but is gripped by obsession....that's my not-so-accurate summation based on the ramblings from their last.fm page. I told you I heard tribal chanting!!!
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