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| Released on Fat Possum Records (US) February 15, 2011 and Mercury Records (UK) February 21, 2011 |
Genre: Post Punk, Noise Rock, Shoegaze
Members (while recorded): Max Bloom, Mariko Doi, Jonny Rogoff, Daniel Blumberg
If an idea is thought that becomes action then passion is love made action. You can do anything you want to do. That’s the after school special stuff that everyone knows and not many people actually believe. The beautiful idea is that you can do something you truly love to do. I go to class, and go to the gym, and cook and read…many different things. Everyone does. They do things that they might like or enjoy or appreciate. It’s the things we love that make it all worth it. That’s passion.
I truly believe the best musicians are the ones that just dive head first in it. They are music fans that take that extra step on stage and try and capture the magic that inspired them in the first place. People like to romanticize these people, and say it’s talent and hard work. I believe in the former, but the former just means less hard work in between. I know musicians with a lot of talent that used to practice a bit, but never really had the drive to keep at it. I would put my money on someone who has to work at everything really hard. If they keep working at it then nothing is going to stop them. Passion is the love for something that causes us to keep coming back to it.
I wanted to include an album that to me represents passion for me. I chose Yuck’s self-titled debut. I remember where I was when I first read the article on NPR music about the band. I remember sitting in my room being blown away by the opening chords of the first track “Get Away” and how the song managed to effortlessly build up. I remember listening to “Suicide Policemen” and admiring how the band was able to slow the record down without hindering it. And I will never forget how “Operation” grabbed me by my collar and told me to pick up my guitar.
Hopefully I’ve inspired you to try this album, but I’ll be the first to tell you that this album won’t hit you the way it hit me. The good news is that passion like this isn’t just for crazy people like me. Everyone has something they are in love with. If you don’t have it then it’s all the more reason to find it. If not music then theater or architecture or animals. I found my passion in my record, and in many other records that I will, unfortunately, probably not get a chance to share with you on this forum. Even if you don’t listen to any of the music I post up here then hopefully in moves you to find something that you can love so much that it changes you.
If an idea is thought that becomes action then passion is love made action. You can do anything you want to do. That’s the after school special stuff that everyone knows and not many people actually believe. The beautiful idea is that you can do something you truly love to do. I go to class, and go to the gym, and cook and read…many different things. Everyone does. They do things that they might like or enjoy or appreciate. It’s the things we love that make it all worth it. That’s passion.
I truly believe the best musicians are the ones that just dive head first in it. They are music fans that take that extra step on stage and try and capture the magic that inspired them in the first place. People like to romanticize these people, and say it’s talent and hard work. I believe in the former, but the former just means less hard work in between. I know musicians with a lot of talent that used to practice a bit, but never really had the drive to keep at it. I would put my money on someone who has to work at everything really hard. If they keep working at it then nothing is going to stop them. Passion is the love for something that causes us to keep coming back to it.
I wanted to include an album that to me represents passion for me. I chose Yuck’s self-titled debut. I remember where I was when I first read the article on NPR music about the band. I remember sitting in my room being blown away by the opening chords of the first track “Get Away” and how the song managed to effortlessly build up. I remember listening to “Suicide Policemen” and admiring how the band was able to slow the record down without hindering it. And I will never forget how “Operation” grabbed me by my collar and told me to pick up my guitar.
Hopefully I’ve inspired you to try this album, but I’ll be the first to tell you that this album won’t hit you the way it hit me. The good news is that passion like this isn’t just for crazy people like me. Everyone has something they are in love with. If you don’t have it then it’s all the more reason to find it. If not music then theater or architecture or animals. I found my passion in my record, and in many other records that I will, unfortunately, probably not get a chance to share with you on this forum. Even if you don’t listen to any of the music I post up here then hopefully in moves you to find something that you can love so much that it changes you.
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