''Yuck'' is the debut eponomyous studio album by English

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band Yuck. The album was released on CD and digital download on 15 February 2011 on the Fat Possum Records label in the

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and on 21 February 2011 on the

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label in the

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Background

Daniel Blumberg Daniel Blumberg is an English artist, musician, songwriter and composer from London who works between drawing, improvisation, song form and film. Music career From 2005 to 2009, Blumberg was a founding member and lead singer for the band Cajun ...

and Max Bloom left their previous group

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in 2008. They formed Yuck in 2009 in London, England. The pair released two singles on vinyl only ("Rubber" and "Georgia") in early 2010 and recruited Jonny Rogoff on

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and Mariko Doi on

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(who had just recently left the group Levelload) shortly after. The group began recording its debut studio album in the summer of the same year in London in Max Bloom's parents' house. Yuck released its debut single "Holing Out" on 20 February 2011.

Critical reception

''Yuck'' received positive reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 35 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Tim Sendra of

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called it "an impressively assured debut from such a young band" and wrote that the band's" love of shoegaze and loud/quiet '90s guitar rock is unadulterated and it translates into the songs and the sound, making it a pure and easy-to-love album for all those who have ever been fans themselves." Sam Majeske of '' Consequence of Sound'' described it as "a refreshingly diverse album consisting of a dozen songs as enthralling as those from any of the band’s influences." J. Edward Keyes of ''

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''s wrote, "Yuck channel their college-rock jones with skill and charm, balancing in-the-red guitar fuzz with melodic sweetness." Critics have also compared their sound to other bands such as My Bloody Valentine,

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, and Pavement.

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placed the album at number 13 on its list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2011", with ''

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'' placing the album at number 31 on its list of the "50 Best Albums of 2011".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by

& Max Bloom, except tracks 9 and 11 composed by Max Bloom.

Personnel

Yuck *Daniel Blumberg – vocals, guitar *Max Bloom – lead guitar, vocals *Mariko Doi – bass *Jonny Rogoff – drums *Ilana Blumberg – backing vocals Technical and design personnel * Yuck;– production * Amir Amos;– drum production * Marc Waterman;– drum engineering * Nilesh Patel;– mastering * Matt Pence & Max Bloom;– mixing * Jou Bergman;– band photo * Keith Anderson;– management

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuck (Album) 2011 debut albums Fat Possum Records albums Mercury Records albums Yuck (band) albums Indie rock albums by British artists