Yaang: No
(Cracked Ankles Records)
Limited Vinyl | Cassette | DL
Available 14 March here
4.5 out of 5.0 stars
The Manc dance punk trio on Crack(edankles) Yaang release their debut EP after already blasting it on the live scene with some big guns on their trail of mass destruction to the big leagues. Wayne AF Carey listens with intrigue…
As Public Enemy once stated ‘Don’t believe the hype’, yet with Yaang there’s something fresh in the stale air. Already gaining attention from fellow publications only three singles in, they unleash their debut EP with big anticipation, ready to take on the festival circuit with their unique brand of futuristic apocalyptic sound.
Track one Comfort is a seven and a half minute crunch of hypnotic Krautrock stylings with a mesmerising drum beat building into a wall of bass and guitars, followed by haunting vocals that have a Faris Badwin touch starting low and raising high in the notes. It’s a slow starter that crashes in near the four minute mark with swirling guitars and mad vocal samples. It’s a mental mash of swirling noise. Speed McQueen kicks off like something from the synth led Eighties with a Hooky on speed bassline and a cracking guitar riff building into a catchy as fuck chorus. The jangly indie guitar line just sounds bizarre and two minutes in they turn into Talking Heads for a moment just to throw you off guard. It’s like they’ve recorded four songs and condensed it all into one. Barking mad magic.
Til Morning Light is another hypnotic piece of music that transforms into a dance romper with a similar sound to the likes of Fat Dog, yet more atoned to the techno scene and with a lot more bad ass attitude. It squelches and scrunges along with a mammoth chorus that has you hooked with a dirty glam rock guitar sound. Billy kicks off with the infamous Guns n Roses line from Welcome To The Jungle then rips a hole in music fabric with a crazy punk as fuck vocal. It has part Prodigy part Killing Joke ripping throughout like a shouty bastard and end far too soon for me. A great introduction to a group you’re going to fall head over heels with. Billy don’t care no more! Too fuckin’ right!
As guitarist Oliver Duffy says: “There’s something for everyone, and nothing for no-one”
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