Yuck with support from Fanzine
The Hope, Brighton, 6th October
It must be hard being Yuck – your fuzzy guitar pop is right on trend, you’ve slogged it out touring with everyone from Teenage Fanclub to Modest Mouse, and then at a sweaty Brighton gig your support band (the plucky Fountains of Wayne-esque Fanzine) go and outshine you. And why? Because you lack punch. For all Yuck’s aspirational shoegaze elements, their guitars ultimately fail to wash over the audience. They still show promise: Georgia is a fantastic homage to Yo La Tengo and there is a great wig out in Secret Policeman. When the band end tonight’s set on upcoming single Rubber, a slack slow burner with the refrain “Yes, I kill you” – you can’t help but think kill is optimistic, maybe bruise is more apt.
