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MagnetNov 27, 2013Glow & Behold feels like a safe play. [No. 104, p.60]
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Oct 23, 2013With Glow & Behold, Yuck have shown they can be more than the grunge gropers Billy Hamilton billed them as and have survived saying goodbye to Blumberg--a situation that could yet see them become an altogether different and far more interesting band. However, it’s hard to shake the feeling we’re not back where we started.
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Oct 17, 2013Glow and Behold is a solid, mature effort from Bloom and co., but as with so many difficult-second records, it's lacking in a lot of the irresistible energy and charm of its predecessor.
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Oct 7, 2013Somewhere beneath the unconvincing sheen of these songs there’s a great band trying to break out. Maybe next time.
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Oct 4, 2013Aside from a few enticing revelations of Bloom’s potential, Glow & Behold takes the band to a calming low after too many safe turns, diminishing the exciting luster they once exuded.
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Oct 3, 2013Although it’s not as immediately catchy as their debut (but, hey, we’re almost saturated when it comes to revivalist bands), Glow & Behold proves they’ve got chops for a lengthy career.
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Oct 3, 2013Glow And Behold has its ups and downs and isn’t quite the coherent, self assured package that its predecessor was; instead it’s the sound of a band reconfiguring, trying to work out which way to go and what to do next.
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Oct 3, 2013Bloom’s vocal debut with Glow & Behold is solid without ever being magnificent, staying within its means and applying a decoration to a sound that is cleaner and melodically stronger than its predecessor.
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Oct 2, 2013Yuck aren't actually terrible, but their second album--and first since the departure of frontman Daniel Blumberg--is just eminently forgettable.
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Oct 1, 2013Grab a latte and strap on your headphones, lovebirds--it’s about to get soft rock up in here.
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Oct 1, 2013Glow & Behold is never shrill or musically obnoxious, but it’s obnoxious how dull it is.
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Oct 1, 2013While Yuck made listeners nostalgic for the first Clinton term, Glow & Behold will just make you wish it was 2011 again.
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Sep 30, 2013All this record does is break the heart of anyone who fell in love with Yuck because of that album, and that's a real shame.
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Sep 30, 2013They may be playing things that have already been heard before, but it’s a real pleasure to hear their take on the past.
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Alternative PressSep 27, 2013Yuck probably aren't mourning Blumberg's loss, but Glow & Behold--though more scattershot and less striking than Yuck--would be an ambitious and creative coping mechanism. [Nov 2013, p.94]
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Sep 27, 2013Enough of the sticky, fuzzy guitar rush remains (“Middle Sea”), though often only sneaking in and out of songs. Overall, the band continues towards an unfussy clarity to the instrumentation.
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Sep 27, 2013Not an entirely joyless album, but certainly a rather mature one.
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Sep 27, 2013They’ve evolved in shocking ways, but still remain loyal to their m.o., and thickly smother everything in a shoegaze glaze; culminating in a record that’s smoother, smilier and more adventurous than their eponymous debut.
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Sep 27, 2013While continuing to work in the box they've created for themselves, Yuck come across as far more amorphous than many first thought while still making an album that delivers on the promise of their shambolic debut.
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Sep 27, 2013While this carefully choreographed dance of feedback and vox is what made the post-punk wave so influential in the first place, Glow & Behold just misses the mark.
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Sep 27, 2013The slimmed-down Yuck's sound seems svelte of style, having lost most of its rougher edges and lo-fi feistiness. What's left builds on their Teenage Fanclub-style guitars'n'harmonies approach, but takes it in a less intriguing direction.
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