i never got my yob vinyl btw. didnt arrive
― Jimmy Riddle Orchestra (Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Solo album o_0
No one around here likes it but it's weirdly growing on me. Not sure why or how. Those super earnest vocals and spoken bits certainly require some suspension of, err, irony.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
His new material at the live shows is really going somewhere. He doesn't even play most of the album songs live anymore. Rapid growth as per usual. Mike throws away better songs than most people will ever write.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 16 August 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/YOBWest2014dWEB-e1404326113850.jpg
Recorded at Gung Ho Studio in Eugene, notorious for its reserve of vintage equipment, alongside longtime collaborator/iconic sound-sage Billy Barnett, and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, Beastmilk, Nails) at Audiosiege Engineering, Clearing The Path To Ascend is undoubtedly the crowning achievement for a band whose journey now nears two decades of creating music as commanding as it is cathartic.
Could be hyperbole but I love the buildup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHhrk0w7g3I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2WLHA5s3bo
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 3 July 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
Billy is a super nice guy and Gung Ho has good gear
these guys are such a source of local pride for me
― polyamanita (sleeve), Thursday, 3 July 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
fuck, the new record is good!
― nostormo, Thursday, 4 September 2014 11:38 (nine years ago) link
seeing 'em tonight, looking fwd to it. I don't get wrapped up in their music the way a lot of ppl to but when I saw them in London a couple of years back w/o really hearing them beforehand they were p undeniable
― for sale: Bebe's boots, never worn (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 4 September 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
first listen thru i found it kinda tedious, maybe i just need more of a lock-in on the hypnotic elements. but when they get all neurosisy and substitute anguished bellowing for whatever else they've got going, i find it hard to maintain an interest.
― j., Thursday, 4 September 2014 16:18 (nine years ago) link
newest album is really entrancing. esp all the open high strings they let ring out all the time....
can't wait to see em w/ Witch Mountain Saturday
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 22:05 (nine years ago) link
They were incredible in NY on Saturday. Best I've seen them
― Oblique Strategies, Tuesday, 24 March 2015 22:36 (nine years ago) link
I'm blasting Catharsis in a parking lot not giving a fuck
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 01:26 (nine years ago) link
i can't believe how great Great Cessation is. like I love all their albums that I'd bought previously but I bought this one at the show and it's just so supremely dark and savage, but constructed so well, with some really pretty passages in there.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
saw them last night, they were great and really immersiveunfortunately there were some dickheads trying to mosh (to yob?!) and they squashed the vibe temporarily
― La Lechera, Friday, 30 October 2015 13:22 (eight years ago) link
YOB revive
Our Raw Heart is awesome
best band
― alpine static, Thursday, 31 May 2018 08:59 (five years ago) link
Pretty great band.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 May 2018 12:20 (five years ago) link
can't wait for the show here in julythe last one really stuck with me
viva YOB
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 31 May 2018 12:26 (five years ago) link
oh good it's thunderstorming tomorrow, perfect time to put on the unreal never lived and feel the air crackle
― lowercase (eric), Thursday, 31 May 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link
the pride of my adopted hometown and great people IRL as well
― sleeve, Thursday, 31 May 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2018/05/31/614962551/first-listen-yob-our-raw-heart
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 31 May 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
not ideal listening circumstances but satisfying nevertheless
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 31 May 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link
xxpost Mike is honestly one of the nicest, most thoughtful musicians I've ever interviewed
― alpine static, Thursday, 31 May 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
beautiful album imo. glad he's still able to make music. love every album they've ever put out
― gman59, Thursday, 31 May 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
I saw Yob last year with one of my best friends, who had a mental breakdown earlier that day and almost missed the show. She started crying during "Our Raw Heart", and then went up to Mike to take a picture with him after and he said "I think you need one of these" and hugged her.
He is such a dope guy.
seeing them in Nawlins next week.
― Buttigieg comes right from the source (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 03:41 (five years ago) link
<3
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 04:03 (five years ago) link
they played my favorite Yob song (all 20+ min of "Catharsis") when I saw them last week -- i could not be more grateful to have heard this superlong song performed live and in person. Yob is generous!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 05:14 (five years ago) link
Wearing the shirt as I type. I am so glad I went to this show, so grateful for this band's existence. Beauty in Falling Leaves was breathtaking live.
What an odd bill though. Not that I'm complaining, Voivod is the shit.
― ascai, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link
Beauty in Falling Leaves was one that I was sad that didn't get played at last year's show so I'm hoping to hear it.
Scheidt has one of the scariest death growls ever. it's so primal
― Buttigieg comes right from the source (Neanderthal), Thursday, 4 April 2019 03:09 (five years ago) link
Great Cessation is helping with my bleak mood.
i once cried to "The Lie That is Sin" live so it fits.
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
seriously, though, can tell Mike was in a bad headspace on this one.
I bought that one a while back and never really listened to it enough... must put it on!!
― Duke, Friday, 14 August 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link