Victory
Shoes is a melodic pop rock band that channels several influences throughout “Yet”,
and though sometimes the lyrics are questionable I do enjoy this overall. It begins like something out of the 1960’s
Beatles catalog and only gets better from there. It is somewhat dreamy, like Aloha or
Pinback, but then brings out the slightest bits of bands like Modest Mouse,
Piebald and Fastball.
One
song in particular on Side B sounds a lot like the garage days of Nirvana
combined with Belle & Sebastian and that’s just all right with me. It is
distortedly fuzzy and the combination of sounds makes me want to call it Neon
Twees. (See, because it’s kind of like
the Neon Trees meets twee… Okay, moving on)
This
is just a solid cassette, but on the last song one of the lines (Which is
repeated at that) really got under my skin for some reason, and probably more
than it should have. The line is: “Every
year I’m getting older”. I just want to
yell at my stereo, with all the clichés about Sherlock and Captain Obvious. Because you know what? We’re all getting older every year- not just
you. But I’m not so certain that needs
to be pointed out. It’s like saying “Every
day I need air to breathe”, which might only be appropriate when you’re writing
a song about air pollution.
But
yes, we are all getting older with every passing second (not just year). Unless you’re Benjamin Button or Joan
Rivers.
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