Michael Yonkers With The Blind Shake - Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons
ARTIST.....: Michael Yonkers With The Blind Shake
TITLE......: Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons
LABEL......: Go Johnny Go!
URL........: www.myspace.com/michaelyonkerswiththeblindshake
RIP DATE...: Oct-28-2007
STORE DATE.: 000-00-2007
GENRE......: Indie
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 50,5 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons 03:09
02 - Can It Be 02:42
03 - Inbetween 01:49
04 - Why Don't 01:46
05 - Point Ahead 01:38
06 - Don't I Get 01:53
07 - Mega Folly 01:32
08 - This One Again 02:55
09 - Here's What I'm 03:20
10 - What's A Comin' 02:16
11 - Don't Even Try 02:48
12 - I Ask You Now 02:42
13 - When Will We 02:12
14 - Down To A 01:40
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32:22 min
Release Notes:
www.gojohnnygo.com
www.michaelyonkers.com
www.theblindshake.com
Minneapolis legend Michael Yonkers has been busier than ever
lately, releasing two new albums as well as reissuing an essential
lost classic from the '70s. On the all-new Carbohydrates
Hydrocarbons, he is backed by heavy-hitters The Blind Shake.
Having first played together when paired randomly at a club, the
experience was so much fun that playing more shows and recording
together seemed inevitable. Thank the stars for random
occurrences, because this album of pounding anthems and
mind-melting guitar frenzy is easily one of Yonkers' best releases
yet.
They are a remarkably tight unit, sounding like they have been
playing together far longer than the facts would indicate. The
Blind Shake seem to know what makes Yonkers tick by the way they
augment the strengths of his particular style of songwriting while
still remaining distinctly themselves. They accent all the right
moments without obfuscating the focus, adding complementary
texture and rhythm that serve the songs perfectly. There's no
filler on this album, free of both digression and bullshit.
Yonkers is in exquisite form here, his singing and songwriting
particularly well-suited for this band. Many of the song titles
are half-formed, unanswerable questions such as "Can It Be," "Why
Don't," "Don't I Get," or "When Will We," and the anxiety caused
by such imponderables fuels the songs' insistent, driving rhythms
that pull listeners along like a riptide into deeper waters.
Similarly entrancing are the discordant moments like "Don't Even
Try" or the bluesy dirge "Here's What I'm." Even brief but
fascinating instrumentals such as "Mega Folly" and "This One
Again" induce ecstasy through blissful washes of effects and
monstrous slabs of distortion.
Yonkers has persevered through periods of obscurity, not to
mention some debilitating health issues, only to prove that his
idiosyncratic take on psychedelic rock has remained consistently
ahead of the curve the whole time. This album, not to mention its
more experimental counterpart Circling the Drain, is essential
proof that Yonkers is just as relevant and important today as
ever. (www.brainwashed.com)