Yard Trauma – Must've Been Something I Took Last Night [LP] (1985, Dionysus Records)

 

The opening self-titled track presents a different kind of Garage Rock Revival: epic, emotional and lyrical, with a fiery Latin touch. "You Don't Tell Me" though is decisively retro and fairly tame Garage Rock. "Cry A Little Longer" is more poignant, with scathing organ lines and lead guitar. The elliptical and menacing netting of organ lines steals the show in "I'm Invisible", while "You're My Style" abandons any theatrical pretense and unleashes a barrage of raw garage riffs. "Dreamt In Colour" though again offers a more mellow 60's sound. Fortunately, "Situations" steps on the gas and tosses another garage roar. The electrifying Freakbeat "I've Seen You Walking" is also first class. "Only Mistakes" keeps pounding, but "I've Got A Girl" again retreads to a harmless 60's imitation -though the guitar solo is adequately acidic. By the closing, gloom-laden, "Black And White" they finally show an awareness of the New Wave, namely the garage-ish Deathrock of 45 Grave et al. If you only ever grab one Yard Trauma record you should make it this one. It's something of an unheralded masterpiece of the second wave. Highly recommended! [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 

 

Label: Dionysus Records – ID8502 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: US 

Released: 1985 

Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock 

 

Tracklist:

A1 Must've Been Something I Took Last Night 

A2 You Don't Tell Me 

A3 Cry A Little Longer 

A4 I'm Invisible 

A5 You're My Style 

A6 Dreamt In Colour 

B1 Situations 

B2 I've Seen You Walking 

B3 Tighten Up 

B4 Only Mistakes 

B5 I've Got A Girl 

B6 Black And White 

 

Notes: 

A3 originally performed by The Grodes and B5 by Dearly Beloved

Special guest Rich Coffee keyboards and guitars (Courtesy of Thee Fourgiven) 

 

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