By: Andrew Field
Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 06/07/2018
Label: Heavy Psych Sounds
Yawning Man have upped their game. They’ve always been life
affirming, but now they’re just plain vital. ‘The Revolt Against Tired Noises’
is nothing short of sheer sonic perfection.
‘The Revolt Against Tired Noises’ CD//DD//LP track listing:
1.
Black Kite
2. Revolt Against Tired Noises
3. Skyline Pressure
4. Grant’s Heart
5. Violent Lights
6. Catamaran
7. Misfortune Cookies
8. Ghost Beach
2. Revolt Against Tired Noises
3. Skyline Pressure
4. Grant’s Heart
5. Violent Lights
6. Catamaran
7. Misfortune Cookies
8. Ghost Beach
The Review:
It’s
been a long, strange and beautiful ride for Yawning Man.
From their infamous generator parties in the Californian deserts in the late
1980s to their stunning 2016 third album ‘Historical
Graffiti’, guitarist Gary Arce and bassist Mario Lalli have built their
musical legacy at a snail’s pace and with scant regard for commercial
considerations. Their lush, trippy, widescreen instrumental compositions have
thrilled those in the know, with live shows becoming borderline religious
experiences. ‘The Revolt Against Tired Noises’ is easily and by some stretch
the best Yawning Man album to date.
Opening
cut ‘Black Kite’ is the finest piece
of music they’ve put their name to. Indeed, it might just be the most perfect
five minutes of rock you’ll wrap your ears around in 2018. Ambient, achingly
melancholy, it tingles and shines and soars and sounds like heaven. There are
several other equally breath-taking Yawning Man classics
here, but the big curve ball and shock news for hardcore fans is that two songs
feature Mario Lalli on vocals. And wonderful they are too: ‘Grant’s Heart’
benefits from his wondrous syrupy crooning, adding a whole new emotional layer
over the sumptuous lead guitar lines underneath. The second sung song sees Yawning Man finally commit ‘Catamaran’ to vinyl: their own composition, but one made famous by
Kyuss on the stoner kings 1995 album ‘The Circus Leaves Town’.
Yawning Man have upped their game. They’ve
always been life affirming, but now they’re just plain vital. ‘The Revolt Against Tired Noises’ is
nothing short of sheer sonic perfection.
‘The Revolt Against Tired
Noises’ is available here
