This
would be my third time hearing Yek Koo, and as the first two experiences were
also on vinyl I need to take a moment to reflect here and let you know that for
all of the vinyl that I don’t collect (And I am by no means a collector of
vinyl records—I like them fine, but I don’t love them as some people do) this
is the most records I own by an artist who is still making music. Well, let me rephrase that because Bob
Dylan is still active now that I think about it. This is the most records that I own by an
artist who released them when I was at an appropriate age to buy them.
To think
of that not only speaks volumes for Yek Koo as an artist, but just makes you
think that whatever this special combination of music plus record is it’s
definitely working. On “Desolation Peak”,
we are treated to more random yet somewhat pained sounding vocals spewed over
Hendrix-like guitar notes. There is
more than enough distortion for one person and it has its own elements of
psychedelic rock as well. I don’t like
to use terms like “art rock” or “art punk”, but they may apply here if only on
the surface—if only to get the listener’s foot in the door.
What
perhaps amazes me the most about this record and Yek Koo on the whole it is
that is so intentionally anti-pop where it just becomes so unconventional in
its delivery (You’d never hear it on mainstream radio), yet there is just
something about it that draws me in. It’s
not in the same way that a pop song can get stuck in your head, but it does become
rather addicting.
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