Yank Crime

First time hearing of this band and I really really dig it. Very punk in nature, with lots of noise, grit and thrashing. The music appeals to me greatly and kept my attention the entire time. It was just what I need during a morning commute to work to expel some pent up energy. Going to explore this crew a little more!

very fun listen woot woot

Genuinely just not really my thing. Feels a little bit like alternate universe music, almost, in that way.

I listened to this album as I was dropping off my mom's car, finishing up some errands, and slaughtering low-level Nevrons in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. This album is so close to being something I would love, but something about it just missed the mark for me. My favorite songs are the ones where Drive Like Jehu slow down a little bit and let the beautiful guitar riffs breathe; when the songs get busier and muddled, I start losing traction with them, and finding the somewhat simple instrumentation choices somewhat uninteresting, especially considering the intimidating song lengths found throughout this project. When all the elements hit for me, with powerfully screamed vocals coming in clear over heavy and rocking instrumentals, they create incredible moments; I just wish more of this album held my attention in that way. Highlights: Do You Compute, Super Unison, New Intro, Sinews (Hand Over Fist, Sinews)

OLE OLE OLAAAAAA JEHUUU JEHUUU pais do emo lendas completas o yank crime é AOAT do emo minha vida mudou no dia que eu conheci eles (e rites of spring logo antes mas não vem ao caso) inclusive, barulho p caralho. INCRIVEL

MAYBE I'VE BEEN CLONED DON'T LET THAT MAN INSIDE YOUR HOME IT WASN'T ME THAT PHONED DONT LET THAT MAN INSIDE YOUR HOME!!!!!!!!! acho lindo demais como eh sempre um SOCO NA CARA absurdo. barulheira gostosa, guitarrada bem feita, tudo de bom pqp. as construções das músicas são mto boas, não tem jeito. qdo vem a chuva de guitarrada, dá pra sentir até o chão tremer, bão pra caraio. um crime não ter unwound na lista, mas drive like jehu é MUITO merecido. os paizão da transição hardcore -> post-hardcore -> emozada. coisa BOA demais. ripzaço rick froberg o homem sabia gritar.

Una porcheria. Oltre a fare schifo musicalmente, ci sono delle intro fisicamente fastidiose.

I've heard the name referenced a lot. I had ideas about their sound but never listened. I like it but not enough to add to my library, just not in my wheelhouse. Post punk proto screamo I suppose sums it up. Good playing and twisty songs.

Has a feel like The Shape of Punk to Come. Its not quite as iconic but you can feel and hear how much was influenced from it.

This was decent enough. The music was quite good but the shoutiness of the lyrics didn't do it many favours.

I was wary at first but it grew on me. Some Nirvana-ish vibes.

A post-hardcore artifact that should be revered as one of the best emo albums of all time. The top is adrenaline spiking motion, then dives into a mellowed rhythm. This is the kind of cool Brits wish they were.

Nice blend of loud but catchy at the same time.

I like noise. A lot.

It’s hard to improve on the Bible’s own review of this band, in “39 Kings To Learn About Before You Die” (Volume 2, Chapter 9, verse 20): “And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he driveth furiously.”” But even though I’m hesitant to add to the words of Scripture, I’ll say… for me, this is a band I shouldn’t like but sometimes really love. Many songs wear on me but then I get to “Luau” and find it so enjoyable. There really is some good playing and play here. So I think this band is best in short, wild bursts - like an energy drink perhaps.

It is hard, confrontational, and unrelenting, but there are things that I appreciated about this album. It takes a lot to listen to it straight through, but there are moments (sometimes within the same track) that provide audible resolution that feels like sweet relief. The trouble is that I am not sure whether it is great music or a welcome return to something listenable. There is talent and good music here, but I am not sure if the truly great and interesting parts are worth the trip.

I did not enjoy this, but then this is not music that I enjoy so that result is largely expected. It was not terrible though. There were little gems of instrumentation nestled in minuscule little parcels in amongst the noise and screaming. They accounted for such a small percentage of the whole album though, so mostly insignificant. The rest was just screamy noise and I really battled to get through it. The second half was slight better than the first half, which very possibly upped it from a 1 to a 2. Sinews was the standout track. 2 stars

I knew from the first three seconds of this album that I wouldn't like it and I was right

No

its meh

I don’t want to sound like an annoying grandpa but this was definitely a bit to loud and rambunctious for me, personally. Some of the instrumentals were very good, but I wasn’t a big fan of the vocals.

ich check nöd ganz sie sind sehr grönge aber au nöd sooo cooli songs. ha irgendwenn nume no so halbe zueglost wellis afoch nöd so spannend gfunde han. sorry sevi falls ich do d OG emo-band mega fronte aber has würkli meh lärm und nöd soo cool als öpis anders gfunde.

ähüää eifach post-hardcore uuhhhh d gitarre im refrain findi sehr cool und sini stimm erinneret mich ah öpper andersch glaub? ahhh chli e chratzerigeri stimm als de vo manic street preacher oder wie sie heissed okkkkeee jz verlürets mi chli coole erste song aber chli lang ahhh de nächst isch au 7 min lang puuuh es sind na vill cooli sache aber chli SEEHR VILL mann au luau het immer wieder reecht cooli parts und sochli es thema wo immer wieder uf anderi art uuftaucht aber über 9 min verteilt... weiss nöd de schluss zieht dich denn uhuere TÖÖdödöTÖÖdödöö new intro isch megaa cool OHHH und presslufthammer sinews chammer chli rauche lol okeee de taktwechsel isch na cool! tjaaa hett echt na cool chönne sii aber villvill z vill. falls ichd muse han, zum s no paar mal lose, chanimer aber eig vorstelle, dass es mier na echt chönnt gfalle

Iconic Post Hardcore. This album is an experience which I found surprising by some of the song lengths. Seems that what they were up to was building a particular atmosphere and knew how to manipulate and tailor audio.

Post hardcore/math rock/screamo trailblazing album. Only wish it was a little shorter on run time.

Absolutely no.

Good, heavy energy.

Nice surprise to see this album on the list. It's rare for early Post-Hardcore bands like Drive Like Jehu, Jesus Lizard, Unsane, and At The Drive-In to get the recognition they deserve. Now Turnstile is out here winning Grammys and Knocked Loose has two million monthlies on Spotify.

Long drawn out and a lot of screaming. I’ve heard worse punk albums, but this one is not good. There are a couple of shining moments with those are so far and in between the very long run time I was very bored listening to such a loud album.

Liked this way more than I thought I would. Abrasive, loud, but extremely technical emo math rock. These guys know how to riff on a 3/4 beat better than anyone. A lot of this I'll probably never listen to again, but there were many "wow" moments that elevate this from any regular album.

Punky. Bit not my thing. I'm not an angry teen lol

Thoughts before listening: These guys are a big influence on the emo/punk/hardcore scene, but I don't believe I have ever listened to them before. I'm sure this has some pretty meh reviews on this app, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Review: Ok so this is definitely considered a precursor to emo, but its got a lot more going for it than that description would indicate. This is musically adventurous hardcore punk that shifts between different tempos and features much longer songs than are typically thought of for the genre. I assume that is why it gets mentioned as an emo precursor, but this is reminding me quite a bit of more celebrated bands like Fugazi or At the Drive-In as opposed to Sunny Day Real Estate that are more closely aligned with emo. I can certainly see where this album is the bridge from Sieve Fisted Find to One Armed Scissor. I like this quite a bit, although I can understand why others aren't as into it. I was leaning 4-stars but this just got better the more I listened....5-stars.

This would have been good if the singer knew how to keep a beat.

:)

I don’t think you can argue the influence this album has on a lot of alternative music from the late 90s/early aughts. A few of the tracks are a little too repetitive for their length. I liked it but can’t really see myself coming back to it.

A couple songs that I could take a 2:00 section to use as a Tony Hawk game soundtrack, but really didn’t click at all for me unfortunately.

Some good hardcore punk rock right here.

Hörenswerter Lärm

Woof. Didn't think this was great. Maybe I was predisposed to thinking this would suck, since the note above says that the guitarist found fame with his band Rocket From The Crypt in later years. I had one of their albums earlier on this countdown and it was terrible, so I didn't expect much from this. What bothered me was that a lot of this was repetitive, both in the lyrics and the riffs. If either were good, this could have been tolerable, but neither were. Add in the fact that it was basically the lead singer yelling over a bunch of poorly constructed songs, this leads to where I thought it would, a 1-star album. Just to round this out, I would point people towards early Sponge records, such as Rotting Pinata or Wax Ecstatic which were released in the mid-90s like this record. Listen to the two back-to-back, and you will hear how a band (Sponge) can actually play fast / be loud but actually be melodic and create much better music. This, on the other hand, was abysmal.

No sé de dónde diablos ha salido esta banda, pero no me ha resultado un descubrimiento especialmente interesante. El math rock puede resultar estomagante si no ofrece un poquito de emoción, y aqui, todos los temas suenan parecidos, como si la propuesta se hubiese agotado a la segunda canción. Se ha intentado, pero no.

Beautiful

Best Song: Do You Compute. They found a really good riff and relied on it just enough for the duration of the song. Worst Song: New Intro. Why bring down the energy in the middle of the album with a groovy instrumental like this? Overall: It's pretty raw and rough around the edges, which is great in a punk album like this. I wished they played a little faster... there was a sludgy feeling, whereas I wanted full gas.

Unlike Rocket from the Crypt (John Reis aka Speedo), Drive Like Jehu isn't junk punk but punk punk: the real deal, the bang-it-out-&-slam-it-out-in-order-to-feel-it-out-hardcore-variety. At the same time, they're properly post-hardcore & proto-emo: these tracks are long, they often slow down & meditate, & the lyrics aren't sanguine packages of wisdom. 'You weren't & it isn't & nobody's listening / & nobody gives a fuck what you do w/ your life'; 'This is my cause & my excuse / I'll take the loss but I'll get what I got due.' In reality, Yank Crime doesn't feel like '94. In Utero came out in '93, Ready to Die & Illmatic were the records of the year, & I just can't imagine a record this inventively abrasive would've sold. It didn't sell. Yet, a slapper.

Good strings guitar! Vanguard of the hardcore.

There may have been a time when I went for this kind of music, but now it doesn’t have much for me. All pretty noisy and samey

Headache inducing noise. Heavily distorted thrashed guitars and screamed nonsense vocals aren't for me.

No, pure noise, did-not-like.

This is one of the worst sounding records I’ve heard. Cross between the bad bits of Slint and the bad bits of Sonic Youth, with really bad singing.

Got half way through and gave up

I liked the first half of the album, I love punk but some elements I did not like.

Pretty noisy. It came out in 1994 and it reminds me a little of Quicksand Slip (1993) or Helmet Meantime (1992), which checks out. For me this album is just a little too noisy with not enough melody. Not interested in giving it a second listen.

You can tell this lists commitment to overlong albums by the way they managed to find a punk album that runs over an hour long. I actually appreciate that some of these songs are a little decrompressed, which gives them more structure and variety. I just wish I liked the songs more.

It's fine punk rock. Nothing memorable.

W tej melodii jest jakaś historia, która chce być odkrywana z każdym kolejnym odsłuchaniem

Nirvana, Fugazi, Sonic Youth…. They all did it better. The songs on here are too long and it’s hard to digest. I thought I liked track three but found out that it was either the end of track two, or the beginning or middle of track three. Definitely not the last part of track three

its a crime to listen to this. A mess with no direction

Pretty good. I wish the songs were not so long.

Surprisingly good

Worst album I've ever listened to

A bit too rough and hardcore for my liking, but I can get that if you're into this genre, it's probably considered a good album

Il y a probablement un album convenable de 30 minutes à tirer de tout ça.

Oh fuck off, this shit doesn’t even need to exist let alone be listened to before you die. Complete noise without a shred of talent.

This was more like a zero out of five. But I have to rake it somehow. Just stop screaming already.

Overall: 8/10 Despite some songs not earning their length, I thought this was awesome. I'm a big fan of bands like At the Drive In and The Fall of Troy and this sounded a lot like both of those bands at times. It's a shame this was their last album cause I would love to hear more from these guys. Fav Song: Sinews

6.5/10

5/10 Too long, but there is some decent parts of this when it isn't being too aggressively dissonant.

kind of knew what i was expecting, but man. it's so incredible to find an album of these kind of genres that it's great from start to finish. even without knowing their importance or influence, it's stunning how creative and fun and intense their riffs and their songs are. truly a joy to listen to this

Painful. And repetitive

Definitely not my genre of music. Too repetitive musically n lyrically. I did find the songs at the end interesting Sinews Hand Over Fist and Bullet Train to Vegas.

Really foreshadows all the emocore of the early 2000s...which was 90% of my teenage personality. As a more, shall we say, discerning adult, it's a bit harder to stay in it and not get blown out by the drone. But I'm somehow still here for it.

I liked this and had no idea of its existence, sometimes can be too noisy but loved the punk vibe. 3.5

These guys are bad ass. Didn’t know they were classified as post-hardcore.

Il like it already. A nice brick to the face. Reminiscent of the post punk alternative to grunge in the early nineties I used to listen to.

A little too shouty to land above a 3. My favourite was probably Super Unison. I definitely appreciate Sinews.

Well, this was not bad... but not good either. I should have liked it more, I guess, and at times the album was pretty nice, but others it was just a mess (and not a good mess). So, I'm not much impressed by it. It feels at times an exaggeration of the genre, others, it tries to be a bit different, but it doesn't work that well, to be honest.

Not bad. Luau us great.

Wow. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Wasn't expecting much. Did I understand any of the lyrics? Absolutely not. Did I love the rawness, the energy and the guitar? 100 percent. I'm actually gonna give this a 5. On my second spin of this album today to really make sure I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time. It's fantastic.

I don't know that I'd seek it out for another listen, necessarily, but I did like it. Never would have encountered it if not for this list!

Noisy, abrasive, and aggressive, without an ounce of grace. I don't like the style, nor the songs. It overstays his welcome after a few minutes, let alone the whole record. I always feel sorry giving bad scores. It can be art to someone else, I'm sure. But it really doesn't click with me. Sorry Jeho, I don't like your driving style.

It's a familiar sound from this era. There are clear influences from Nirvana and RATM - The rawness of Nirvana and the rhythmic aggression from RATM add to this boundary pushing post-hardcore and noise rock album. Enjoyed it.

A really really solid post hardcore record, perfect to blow off the cobwebs first thing on a Monday. They're on really relentless form here, and while it gets a bit samey towards the end of an hour's runtime, there's this really intense energy at the core that I really like. One of those cult records I've never got around to listening to, and I'm glad I did! Well done greasy 90s bois.

Yeah, I kinda liked this

118/1001 First listen. What fresh hell does this list have for me today? I’ve never heard of Drive like Jehu but I’m going in with an open mind in spite of the crappy band name, album title and artwork. Not near as bad as I expected. Vocals aren’t great. Overall good sound. Songs didn’t really hook me in. I would listen again but then not sure I will. There’s already plenty of stuff like this but better than this that I can listen to. The songwriting just isn’t there for me but that’s just one listen. 5/10

hey this was a pleasant surprise

I don't know what exactly it is that doesn't appeal to me about hardcore. But I think it may be vocals, which seem to be attempting to maintain maximum intensity throughout every song. Calm down, guys, take a breath, put some dynamics into the music. Anyway, some of the noise reminded me a bit of Nirvana, which was kind of cool. But yeah, not really for me.

Um disco um tanto quanto abrasivo em demasia, mas com porções instrumentais interessantes que trazem bons momentos. O que me impede de desfrutar deste tipo de som é a opção estética pelo vocal histriônico que esbarra em minhas preferências que tendem a se afastar de tudo que remete ao primitivo.

2.5 stars This could grow on me. But my first impression was that this was too chaotic for intense for me. I stated to get into it at parts. But you really have to be in the right mindset for something this abrasive. Post hardcore is not my genre, although I think elements of it have inspired music I truly love. I need a little more melody in my music, even if it contains the noise and screaming. And the math rock time signatures are fine, but after a while it feels like doing homework rather than listening to something do enjoyment. That is what would keep me from revisiting this I believe.

Actually a little surprised that this album showed up in this list. Is Yank Crime deserving to be included as an example of emotional hardcore with its sometimes lengthy tracks filled with a mix of quiet and loud, beauty and savagery? In my mind, it probably does not merit the inclusion in this list. That does not mean that this is a bad album at all. It is immensely enjoyable and having become reacquainted with it, I am likely to return to it in the future. John Reis has since this record’s release put out a ton of amazing records, and this albums finest tracks do stand out from other post-hardcore offerings of the day Luau, Golden Brown, Super Unison all standout as exemplars of what emo meant in 1990s as an outgrowth from Rites of Spring and a logical extension of the punk rock of Reis’ own band Rocket From The Crypt. These are uncompromising blasts of hardcore and still sound relevant today. What is interesting to me is that the genre has evolved since this release but these tracks if released today, would fit right in, and would not seem out of place in the modern post hardcore pantheon. Maybe it’s experience, but the shock value of the original release is not the same more than 30 years later. Still a terrific record. 4/5

The more post-rock elements on this album are excellent. Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of screaming, though. When they're not screaming, the hard-driving guitars and catchy hooks are great.

Very distorted - I like this type of music typically, but at times seemed a bit excessive. I love this vibe in a packed small club show, but for the recording, the mix and production seems a bit too intense. Nevertheless, enjoyed it quite a bit. 3,5/5, but will be generous, so 4

Lowkey punishing.

Noisy and raw. There's nothing wrong with it and in my younger days I would probably be drawn to this but right now I just can't get into it.

Exactement ce qu'il me fallait !

The final appearance from San Diego scene legends goes off with a bang.

Wow. Never heard of them but was very pleased with the sprawling, noisy, proto-post-rock soundscapes

Abrasive and unrelenting, with many songs running for the close to ten minutes. Highlights include Luau, Super Unison and New Math. This album seems to have been labelled with lots of different genres, from post-rock to emo to math rock. I can see how it may have been influential to each of those, but it’s not really my cup of tea.

Nope! Too shouty / screams.

Good

15 year old me is so jealous she didn't know about this album.

boring. too long and repetitive as this genre is want to be. but certainly fine.

Ya estamos cerca del meteoooooro, pero me costó desprenderme

i love noisy and experimental stuff, but there was something off in this one, yet bangers are present

Unexpectedly good. Still not sure if it’s top 1001 of all time though.

Post-hardcore emo punk from the mid-90s. Good representative track: "Do You Compute." "Super Unison" starts on a long and horrible noise.

this album is long and draining (i'm on song 2)

Emo rock before emo rock existed. Generally didn't mind it, If I was a teenager I'd probably love it.

Wrote this one off pretty quickly but actually ended up enjoying it

Not my thing

Initial impression of the first 27 seconds of this album on a pre caffeine Monday morning. 1st 9 seconds, heck yeah that bassline kicks ass. 2nd 9 seconds, what the heck?, tune your guitar. 3rd 9 seconds, oh no, this singer blows. Luckily the coffee started working and the album got better as it went along. It's an odd one for sure. Not many 7 to 9 minute punk rock tunes out there and this has multiple tracks like that. But I like the energy and it's a pretty good time once the guy stops caterwauling. If I had seen this band in a seedy dive bar back in the day I would've did some stage diving, gotten a few bruises, lost a little blood and probably remembered it as a great gig.

no thanks not for me

Nunca tinha ouvido essa banda e pelo que vi ela teve carreira curta, mas é considerada bem influente. O som me parece meio grunge noventista e meio indo numa onda post-rock (posso estar viajando nisso). Gostei do peso das músicas de um modo geral, mas não fiquei impressionado com nenhuma delas em geral. Acredito que é um disco que merece uma segunda audição, pois algumas faixas chamaram a minha atenção, sendo algumas: "Super Unison", "New Math", "Hand Over Fist" e principalmente "Bullet Train to Vegas".

What a different time

A little heavier than I like

ughh...

Drive Like Jehu have been on my radar, but rarely in my headphones, for over a decade. Because of the proximity to other bands I like, they tend to be part of the conversation, and they are a band that, on paper, I should love, but for whatever reason, have never clicked for me. They sound very similar to Unwound and Refused, but with more occasional space and emo tinged experiments. On paper, I should love this, but I'm just not impressed. They're a good band, and this is a good album, but I've heard other bands do this better.

This was pretty good. I've known of Drive Like Jehu for a long time but never listened to them much and never sat through a whole album. This is very much something I would have been into in the mid to late 90's I think had I been aware of them back then. 4/5

Listened to this before, but it's a really good time. Some of the songs I feel like could have been better if they were shorter. I'm not sure why there are multiple 9 minute songs on this album. This style doesn't really lend itself to long form. Knocking it down a bit for that, but overall a really good time. 3.75/5

This isn't so much my thing, but I still appreciate hearing important albums outside my comfort zone--and to be fair there were moments I really got into it.

terrible garbage

Noise.

ça va

wow. No.

Didn't enjoy the vocals

4/5

I have somehow missed these guy my entire life, despite being a fan of punk/post punk/emo/math. Aggressive, intricate, and satisfying....this shit is my jam.

These albums that were not commercially successful or often, not even critically successful upon their release are always an interesting listen. That we look back and note that these albums broke new ground in music that an audience wasn't ready for, and show respect for that is great. However, often these albums are for genres that I don't know or like the artists that spawned from this newly broken ground, so it is hard for me to go, "wow. Yes, look at what these guys were doing with distorted noise rock sounds in 1994, can you believe it?" While it was too long, I often enjoyed the more instrumental parts of the songs. Probably still a 2 though.

No

first listen fantastic energy

I almost bounced completely off this album based on the first couple of tracks, but I'm glad I stuck with it, because I ended up enjoying a lot of it. One of the only things that turns me off certain music is scream-y, unmusical vocals, and while this album has a fair amount of that, it's also got a lot of interesting stuff going on. Many of the tracks are on the long side, which allows them to open up into some really cool, hard, angular grooves that I was rocking out to. Still not going to be one of my all timers, but overall I ended up liking it more than I thought I would. I can see why people love it. 3/5 from me.

It's loud and punk rock, after a certain point it kind of just became noise to me.

A lot going on with this album. Solid post-hardcore.

Decent punk album but too long. It needed to be shorter and a tad more focused. It does experiment with noise which I do appreciate but I wanted more hardcore punk. Still, an interesting and decent discovery.

Post-hardcore. Feels like something you’d hear in Tony Hawk Proskater 4. Post-hardcore, punk, whatever you’d call it. Underground, small dark gigs, wet, smoky, grungy. Never heard of them before, but an interesting listen! 3/5

a tad to atonal but nice

terrible

Mad 90s hardcore punk vibes with a touch of emo screamo where every song is treated like its own epic that needs to be trashed and screamed into existence, and I'm kinda glad it was. This is loaded with abrasive attitude and sick basslines and after yesterday's laid back Stereo MCs drivel, this was a prefect palette cleanser and energized me for the day ahead.

I had no idea who this band was so I looked them up. My husband says it's awesome. Modest Mouse is one of my favorite bands and their singer cites DLJ as one of his favorite bands and I can definitely see how this album inspired a lot of their songs. Parts of "New Intro" sound like they were taken right out of one of their songs. I have to say I'm not a huge fan of hardcore punk but this is hardcore punk at it's most digestible.

Album 18 Top 3 favorites off the album: New Intro, Hand Over Fist, Here Come the Rome Plows I balked at the run time on this one. I'm no stranger to long albums, but I made the choice to look at the reviews of this one before beginning it. "Loud," "noisy," "too much screaming," and so on and so forth. I was nervous. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the opening. After that, the album became a little grating in how repetitive some tracks were (4 songs in). The guitar became a little too gritty for me, and the screaming wasn't the kind I enjoy. I don't think Super Unison needed to be *that* long, but I willingly listened to Rundgang Um Die Transzendetal Saule Der Singularitat (girl where are all the umlauts and proper capitalization at?), so it's probably just a matter of, "I don't like this song very much so it feels longer than it is." Unfortunately, that was how I felt about most of the album. No beef with it, just not my thing. I've heard worse, I've heard better, this wasn't a bad experience. Also, that one review that says, "I think I love my parents too much to fuck with this album" is phenomenal. Short and sweet.

Never listened to this. Quality punk.

Honestly this is pretty cool. Long songs is not typical of punkish music and these guys do a great job composing. The mixing is awesome - super raw and the vocals sound fantastic for this type of genre. Maybe I need to try out more post-hardcore? It's like fast shoegaze, I really dig this. Never heard of Drive Like Jehu but this is a cool album!

I enjoyed the energy - imagin they were great to see live

Rough, agressive, and hard-hitting. Just the way to start a Tuesday morning.

Love it or hate it. This is for you if you like noise and loud. But don't be deceived by the loudness. Behind the yanky sound are many movements and odd time signatures that serve to keep you on your toes.

Aggressive emo ala Rites of Spring with throat stripping vocals, high energy high frequency live wire guitars thrashing around, and a very tight rhythm section that’s feeling the funk a bit. SoCal Fugazi. Big on quiet/loud dynamics, post-hardcore riffs, and descending into feedback only for a gnarly bass line to emerge from the chaos and bring it back. Some longer songs go into a textural grimey Sonic Youth direction, layering on the guitars over the bass groove until they whip it up into a closing frenzy, laying the groundwork for post-rock/screamo crossovers. Goes very hard, damn.

yank crime? more like wank crime … it’s a no from me.

3.1 2x catch up over multiple days finished 2/6

Day 151 Quite enjoyed this even though didn’t understand a word 6/10 Highlights Do you compute Luau

Furchtbares Geschrei! Wer hört so was? Ich definitiv nicht!

Started really strong but I started to lose interest by the end. A bit samey

AALOOOHAA! ALOHA, SUIT UP!

This generator made me realise I hate punk.

Generating this album on a day that the US government criminally murdered one of its citizens and a few days after it broke international law was... rather chilling. The album is great. Angry, straightforward, turn up the guitars and go hardcore. It might not become a regular favourite but you can bet if I'd discovered this 25 years ago it would have.

Heavy punk rock with some interesting musical ideas.

This was another fun one that I had never heard of

Okayish 90 alternative

I’ve reviewed over 500 albums now and this might be my favorite new find. I didn’t love the squealing at the start of Super Unison but the rest is pretty great. Reminds me of Fugazi but with Greg Ginn of Black Flag on guitar. Also hints of the Minutemen and Rites of Spring

This is fairly shit. 2/5

Too angry for me

90s punk meets post-hardcore \m/ impressed at the number of 7-9 minute songs on this thing. Maybe a bit bloated, but the raw energy is still fuckin' rad

Jarring music, frantic production, desperate vocals, wiry lyrics all somehow work well together on this noisy fun album that will appeal to some as much as it will be detested by others. It's not some great mystery why Yank Crime had little to no commercial impact upon release (or years later for that matter) this isn't Simon and Garfunkel in the sense that it's baffling when someone doesn't like it - I fully expect you not to like this album and I'm certain the band wasn't surprised that it was all but ignored when initially released back in 1994. Somewhat to my surprise I really liked it and had fun listening to it while drinking my morning coffee- what a combo! "I feel noisy! I feel fast! I'm your friend- NO I'M NOT!" - Chelsea M.

Som ok rifts and jams but no ooooos or ahhhhhs. 2.5 gonna round to 3.

I'm no hater of loud, driving music but there ain't a lot of charm in this one. Hardcore often just sounds like noise for the sake of it. 2/5

Don't know how I missed this one in the 90s, but I'm glad thats been fixed by this project. Fuzzy, grungy, toothy. I liked this a LOT.

This is pretty good. But I have to dock it a star for the vocals and the length.

I kind of dig this. Hard core.

Not bad this. First time I’ve heard it, but suspect it would repay repeated listening. If you like grunge, punk, emo you’ll probably like this

I suspect that this requires several listens to fully click. After 2 listens I'm intrigued but haven't fully got it, yet. 6/10

Vehicles didn't even exist when he was alive, so this makes no sense.

5 stars. No notes. Fuck me, one of my favorite albums and I'm surprised and delighted to see it here because I haven't put it on for a little while. Out of the gate, pedal the metal, masterfully hits the loud, the angular, the relief. I'm the first to complain about long albums (and long songs) and even though I guess people call this one-note, and they might be right, it never overstays its welcome for me in any capacity. Energy and tension like this shouldn't be sustainable, but here we are.

Pretty good album from a band I've never heard of before and probably never will again - it gives strong Slint vibes but doesn't quite reach those Spiderland heights. Fav tracks: Here Come The Rome Plows

Only ever really heard of these guys, but this album is quite cool. Reminds me a bit of Superchunk but with longer songs.

Nao estava muito no mood punkish, mas tem boas guitarras.

Cool band. Reminiscent of Fugazi, who I really like. I don’t tend to enjoy scream vocals.

it drags but man is it a sick album

Punk is not for me

An album I probably never would have listened to but its one of the greats. Sinewd is so good

Bad. Super repetitive, full of noise rock and grating sounds, and repeats vocals multiple times for no benefit. Honestly a painful listen.

I’m not normally into emo-type music. However, (most of) this album rocks.

Surprisingly excellent. I'd somehow never heard of them, but this is as big of a surprise as the Big Black album. I loved it.

Truly terrible noise much of the time

There's something here. Atmosphere, mostly. Even though the vocals sound a bit like the singer went into another room and screamed as loudly as he could, the general sound tends to get better as the album goes on. Sadly some songs tend to drag on a bit too long, but overall more interesting than I expected - especially since the opener seems to be the weakest song on the album.

3.5

This was a serious slog. It feels like they took a decent idea and just buried it under layers of unnecessary noise. The songs drag on way past their expiration date. That length kills any momentum they manage to build. It’s loud and chaotic, but not in a way that feels rewarding. Just tedious. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Golden Brown - Bullet Train to Vegas

Instant favourite

Just brilliant, a breath of fresh air.

Cool

Surprised to hear this. Shouldn’t have made the cut. Loud and obnoxious

Where has this album been all my life? As a millennial who was deep into the post-hardcore and emo scenes in the early 00s, I immediately see the influence of Drive Like Jehu on all the bands I listened to as a teen. This sounds like the logical bridge between Fugazi and Thursday for instance. The guitars are so inventive and have the perfect punk tone. Propulsive drumming and satisfyingly expressive vocals. Side note, the band and album name rang a little bell and I realized while listening and reading that the guitar player was also in Rocket From the Crypt — whose album Scream Dracula Scream was another surprise 5-star from this list. That guy John Reis, he was onto something. Must-listen #263.

Not good, turned off

I already feel physically assaulted two minutes in. Screeching, screaming and kicking… But I can appreciate the quieter moments and the instrumentation: eg large parts of Do You Compute or New Intro and Sinews. Regarding Super Unison - wow, he can sing normally! It’s two stars because of the band and because he can sing when he wants to. That doesn’t make it as bad as the albums I gave one star.

This album is insane. The only emo album on the entire list (somehow), but boy did they pick a fucking good one. It's own sonic space, like you're midway between your spirit leaving your body and time seems to slow down. That guitar tone is killer. "Luau" is a total earworm for me

Put it on at 8am and turned it off immediately. Tried again at 6pm and turned it off immediately.

I thought this was a really cool album that I am surprised I never heard of before, generally love this genre of music and love bands like at the drive-in. Four stars.

This was pretty enjoyable. I'd listen again! Loved all the long instrumental sections.

Apparently I listened to this and have no recollection of it. Not sure how positive that could be.

Post hardcore is toch echt wel een genre waar ik niet heel erg bekend mee was en ben. Ga niet liegen; ik had even de hoop dat dit een hardcore album was a la Angerfist. Had ik een leuke afwisseling gevonden, maar helaas is post-hardcore in deze meer een snoei en snoeihard metal album. Mwah nee, post-hardcore is niet echt mijn genre. De nummers zijn opvallend lang, de zang is niet te verstaan en meer schreeuwend dan daadwerkelijk zang en de gitaar is standje oorpijn. Dat gecombineerd met ALLES oversturen, zorgt nou niet echt voor een prettige luisterervaring. Luau heeft na 8(!!!) minuten een heel stuk wat gewoon echt herrie is. Kan er niet echt iets anders van maken eerlijk gezegd. Super Unison heeft er voor gezorgd dat mn kat is weggerend met een halve minuut een nauwelijks hoorbare maar pijnlijke toon. Ik snap Post-hardcore echt niet man, is de herrie het idee erachter? Of gaat deze muziek meer om de emotie die je voelt? In dat geval dan is dit album top, ik haat het en voel me verschrikkelijk hierdoor. Nee dit album is dodelijk vermoeiend, blij dat het voorbij is. Albums zoals dit zorgen ervoor dat ik actief minder zin heb in muziek. Ik wist niet dat het kon maar op dagen zoals deze ben ik zo blij als mn album van de dag weer voorbij is en alleen daarom krijgt het van mij toch gewoon een 1. Ik twijfelde nog een beetje omdat er wel duidelijk een visie is en dit misschien het plan is, maar gezien mijn absolute lijdensweg kunnen ze m krijgen ook. Dit is absoluut een Yank Crime, maar betwijfel dat dit was wat ze bedoelden... FAVO:

A ton of my favourite albums are post-hardcore, but for whatever reason this record never clicked with me. I dislike the artist name, album name, and album cover, so maybe that subconsciously ruined it for me. I also preferred the more melodic side of the genre (can't say I have a preference anymore), and this record is a bit noisier and more discordant compared to most post-hardcore from the early 1990s (Fugazi, Fuel, Hoover, Moss Icon, Nation of Ulysses). Unwound were probably the closest in sound that I can think of from the same period. In retrospect, this measures up favourably to any of those bands (excepting Fugazi ofc). It's hard and noisy, but the sound is also controlled, lean, and rhythmic as hell. The use the loud/quiet dynamic amazingly, without getting soft or twiddly in the quiet parts. The pacing of the record, and particularly the longer songs, is impressive. Four of the original tracks are over 7 minutes, and two of those are over 9 minutes - and all of them wear it well. Glad I came back and finally heard the quality of this record more clearly. 5*

Really solid post-punk. Right in my wheelhouse. Will probably end up listening to again. 8/10

Oh, I don't know if I just wasn't in the mood, or it was the album itself, but hoooooooly moly, was this a super annoying album to listen to. Overall, it was a pretty miserable experience, but it could be because I was listening to it while I was working, and it was quite busy, so maybe if you're in a peaceful environment, this would be a lot better, but definitely not more than 2 stars.

When this first kicked off, I wasn’t sure I’d make it through the whole album. But it slowly grew on me as it went along, getting better the deeper it got. I still don’t see myself coming back to it much, but overall it ended up being a good listen.

This is why we do this project! Loved this album! Definitely a few annoying bits that kept it from a 5, but im adding this album to my library

Pointless noise.

I remember hearing about this band back in the day, but I never followed up to track down any of their albums. Good stuff! I like this sort of thing. Well played, good energy, interesting songwriting.

I couldn't wait for this one to finish. It was really hard to listen to.

Some good riffs but the “singing” is torture. I don’t mind scream singing but the whole album? I think with a skilled frontman this album could have been decent.

Screamo, thrash post-punk hardcore is not my vibe. I do love the intricacy to their playing, but don't love when it gets all smashed together in a ball of noise. On this album, the vocals and scratch/grating effects on guitar are off putting. +1 for naming a song Hand Over Fist but -1 for it not being a cover of the Rush song. 2⭐️

Каждый раз, когда я его слушаю, я чувствую, что ВАЙБ, но запомнить ничего не могу. Но ВАЙБ. Лучшая песня - Do You Compute.

Ugly.

Banger

Punk Noise Rock.

I think this all kind of sounded the same. Lucky for me I liked the sound.

Was a bit too gloomy for me

I knew nothing about this band. Great rock album, lots of energy - would listen to this again.

The way this album starts so terribly and gets so good in the second half reminds me a lot of Houmous & Chutneys famous LP ‘Just You Wait Til Disc 2’ 2.4 12/12 Sinews (original version)

I liked some songs and others did not, a very hit or miss album.

Meh. Not my thang.

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Turns out dissident guitar playing + being screamed at for 70 min is not a good cure for a headache. By the third listen I was starting to get it.

𝘠𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 feels like a record built with absolute intention. Every riff, break and repetition is tightened to the point of tension — not chaotic, not sloppy, but intense by design. The long tracks don’t meander; they push forward with a nervous energy that keeps building instead of resolving, turning pressure into momentum. The album doesn’t rely on hooks or emotional cues to communicate. Its impact comes from structure and friction — guitars grinding against rhythms, patterns locking and unlocking, everything slightly on edge. Once you tune into that logic, it becomes absorbing and surprisingly powerful. It’s the kind of record that would have lived perfectly on Bandcamp if it had existed at the time: niche, uncompromising, and made for listeners who want something built on artistic conviction rather than accessibility.

Headache inducing noise

Noisy. Okay.

furious, frenzied, hurtling along with nagging, neighing, ragged guitars and whining/screaming vocals which are mixed far back - obviously they are very agitated about something, but none of the words shed any light on what that might be. a tiresome, enervating listen

Exceptional album. It’s clear from the first song why it is so influential and beloved.

This album is like early at the drive in and I love it

Pretty lively and interesting throughout

There's an important place for this kinda music in society. Not personally in my life, though. 3.5 / 10 Alright track: Super Unison

This rips! Luau is one of the coolest songs I’ve ever heard.

I liked it!

4 and a half. Some album.

Fantastic

Chaotic in a good way

This absolutely slapped

Phenomenal

This is worse than shit. I think some bits are intentionally there to bust your eardrum just for the wake of it. Dogshit

yeah dude this is just noise. the songs are too long and repetitive. it's intentionally grating, not a fan. maybe in the right headspace? idk not my kind of hardcore

#766. I don't know what this is, and I am not interested in learning. 2/5: nah

Por un lado es un álbum que me sorprendió en tanto que desde el primer tema esperaba una especie de postpunk hardcore olvidable. Sin embargo me encontré con temas que tienen un trabajo interesante en la composición, cambios a compases poco comunes, experimentación con el timbre de los instrumentos, duraciones ecléticas. Por otro lado no puedo decir que me haya gustado, ni que me parezca un álbum memorable o relevante. No entiendo muy bien cual habrá sido el aporte de este álbum como para considerarlo en esta lista (tal vez las particularidades que mencioné anteriormente).

Drive Like Jehu rock really hard, perhaps for slightly too long

Noise

I think this album is pretty awful. I'll stretch to two stars only because I think the drummer is pretty good.

Rage Against The Machine, but make it more indie. Coś tam pograli, ale ile razy bym tego nie słuchał, nie było w stanie przykuć mojej uwagi na dłużej.

This album sounds like is carefully crafted and it's suprising that the result is this disapointing. What a medicore expierience.

“Four-chin teller?” Indeed 7/10 3 Stars out of 5 Great at what it does. Controlled chaos, disturbing dissonance and hard business. Not a lot of structure in each song, but that’s not a bad thing. Lacked things I usually like in songs, especially anything colorful or yummy. On first listen I don’t really remember any of the songs.

I enjoyed the interesting guitar and time signature switch ups. Got bored at the midway point but that’s probably just my problem 3.5/5

I tried. I really did. My nervous system said no.

Not my thing.

typical punk/grunge "underground" not mainstream band/album i really liked that type of music back in 2022 2/5

Not my style, i do NOT enjoy that genre that much, too hardcore for me ig, tho i could say i liked the music-melody or whatever in some songs.

I definitely can't handle hardcore

Damn good post hardcore music. I hear tremendous Deftones and shoegaze influence. Combined with a new found apathy and agression that would later distill into emo hardcore. This is a cool album. Its got enough influence that helped create subgenres of hardcore and post hardcore, emo and even post hardcore revival as of the late 2010s. It does all this while strattling the line of metalcore pretty delicately. I shrugged when I saw this but I believe this was a good one for Wednesday.

A surprising find. Not the best start, with neither "Do You Compute" nor the "Rome" song worth a second listen. But as the songs got a little less frenetic, the drums and bass line became more distinctive.

Never heard of this band, album was pretty solid, somewhat reminiscent of Nirvana at times

To be honest never heard of this band before. I was hooked from the first listen. An album I will definitely return to. Loved it.

Never heard of this group. Sounds very abrasive and thrashy. Not as unbearable as some of the noise rock and thrash metal records out there, but some of these tracks seemed to never end. It allows the bass and drums to shine I guess. Rick Froberg's howling vocals were another highlight of the record too.

117 A ratos era muy punk para mi gusto. No me molesta que sea repetitivo, para nada. Aires a The Mars Volta a ratos.

2.7

Not great at 9am. You can really hear the emo and pop punk that came after this, which I read about before playing the album. Overall, not for me but I can literally hear the influences.

Sounds a lot like early At the Drive-In or Sparta. Pretty discordant, and disheveled, but I do like the way it’s going. Raw enough to be difficult to listen to all the way

Rippin. That’s the only word I can think of to describe this record. Rippin

Lots of screaming and repetitiveness, a few good songs that I genuinely liked and vibed with but couldn't press like on any. Good to learn about a new garage band, but that's about it.

decent album but it went on for waaayyy longer than it had to. this should've been like 30 minutes long honestly

- Hat mir gar nicht gefallen und mich eigentlich nur aggressiv gemacht - Alles hört sich irgendwie gleich blöd an daher ist der Topsong der erste vom Album - Ab und an sind gute gitarrensolos dabei die ziehen sich dann aber viel zu lange - Kann sein die Lyrics sind gut aber bei dem Geschrei versteht man leider nichts Topsong: Here Come The Rome Plows

Storming grunge opener, reminds me of Vasco Era, Vines, Nirvana. The track Golden Brown is exceptional and added to my heavier playlist. Love the solos. I am knocking off points for too much feedback on Super Unison, not good for headphones! Not sure it will get repeat listens but perhaps next time I want to reach for this genre, it would be here. It's maybe as good as it gets for this genre. A 3 out of 5, only missing a 5 because it wasn't quite consistently high quality right through for me and I wouldn't listen on repeat.

Pre: no clue Post: punk isn't my thing currently , was waiting for this to be over, some decent built to spill like moments though these guys did it first

PEAK AFTER PEAK WHAT

A big beautiful noise from the early 90's!

Perhaps more influential than it is good?

A little chaotic and disorganized for me:

Yikes

I hope Jehu is a better driver than these guys are musicians, otherwise no one will be safe on the road! This album was a complete waste of my time.

Was soll dieser scheiss Pfeifton bei Super Unicoirn, dachte ich hab Tinnitus gekriegt. Nicht meine Musik

Das ist schon echt schwer zu ertragen

Didn’t even manage one track. Shite

Not for me.

I guess this is post hardcore? Apparently some band that only existed for about 5 years. Not my thing

Not for me 1/5

I was pleasantly surprised! I have never heard of this band, but listening to it, I heard a lot of the stuff that came after this. Stuff from the punk, emo and hardcore scene. It definitely had an influence on some of those bands. This record was fun, dissonant yet melodic, progressive at times, just a great listen. The vocals were on point as well. Amazing album.

i started this album with a sinus headache and was prepared to hate it. and honestly, i'm not even sure i liked it all that much - but once the ibuprofen kicked in and i settled into the groove of the album, i had a surprising appreciation for it. noisy, ugly, relentless, and yet there's something mesmerizing about it. i saw a review on the wikipedia page call it "naggingly unpoppy," which is hilarious and true -- and yet it was still quite listenable? i don't know! this does feel like an important missing link between punk and nascent emo that's sorely underrepresented on this list. i'm glad i listened to it! i can't see myself ever picking it up again, but yeah -- another absolutely worthy entry.

cool post-hardcore/proto-emo album. definitely understand people not liking it but i've really grown to appreciate this raw sound and energy/passion over the years. reminds me of at the drive-in and early ...and you will know us by the trail of dead, which i love. favorites: here come the rome plows, golden brown, luau, hand over fist, bullet train to vegas

2/5 Some interesting moments. The rest is terribly produced, terribly played and terribly sung punk music.

Incredible album, haven't listened to this in an age

No he entrado en el flow.

Meh, whatever. The first track really seems to think it's making an Important Political Statement, so of course the album gets docked points for that. But "Geisha Boys and Temple Girls" is fun.

When I read that this was a forefather to the emo sound I got really excited, but it’s missing a lot of what I like about emo. It’s more energetic than I was expecting, and I think the vocals didn’t work as well as emo vocals tend to. Still a fun listen though. Favorites: Luau, New Math, Sinews

Annoying vocals

Quite liked this in parts tho it’s clear why they influenced as opposed to being seen as great in themselves.

This was such a cool experience by a band I've never heard of before. But it was just GOOD punk. Sounds much more modern than 1994. I don't need to know why it's important to music history to thoroughly enjoy the listen. I did not like the noise in the middle, but it's so reminiscent of watching punk/metal live that I had to smile.

A musically intense and progressive post-hardcore album with complex guitar work and unpredictable song structures that kept me engaged. The instrumental side is inventive and full of energy, but the vocals didn’t connect—they felt more like noise than expression, which dulled the impact for me. Impressive musically, but not quite a standout overall.

I enjoyed this. Not heard of them before

Feels like a throwback but not because I've never heard this before but I did like it but too long

Surprised that I didn't have this. Some of the music is really good. Some of the vocals, not my but can't fault it really.

Just noise, lots of noise

Encheu o saco nas quatro primeiras músicas. Geralmente é o tipo de música que eu gosto de ouvir, e estaria em muitas playlists. Me lembra um pouco Middle Class Rut se fosse irritante e repetitivo.

Shoutout to the guy that called this band Slint if they weren't incels. I wholeheartedly agree and this album is much better than Spiderland and about equally as influential. Influence is a stupid way to measure quality so I'm just gonna talk about the quality of the music itself, and the music itself is absolutely quality. Some of the best post-hardcore out there next to Big Black and Unwound (really upset that there's no Unwound on this list). Incredible energy, even in the slower songs like Luau. The opener is especially insane, and gets bonus points for being mostly in 5/4, the objectively best time signature. While I wouldn't call it the best album to come out of the post-hardcore movement, it gets a very, very strong second place. The best one isn't even on this list, so it's at least the best on the list.

I like some of the punk on here, but this did nothing for me.

Never heard of this, but really enjoyed it.

It was just fine

90's punk that's not as good as other releases

++: Here Come the Rome Plows, Golden Brown, Luau, New Intro, Human Interest +: Do You Compute, Super Unison, New Math +-: Sinews 7,9/10

Muita dissonância. Sinews foi a música que mais gostei

How does one even begin to explain an album as entrancing and musically dense as Drive Like Jehu's debut album Yank Crime. This isn't your typical kind of Post-Hardcore album as there is a more of an emphasis on the instrumentals than the lyrics. This album feels like mixing Swans and Fugazi together as the instrumentals can really get you into a "flow state" and the lyrics punch as hard as they are as dense as your typical Fugazi track. If you aren't a fan of the more Post-Rock elements I would avoid this despite all the rave reviews as that is a key element to the project with the secondary focus being the more Post-Punk/Harcore pieces. This album is an odyssey of sorts and takes a lot of patience and time to chew through, but is such a delight in the end even with the heavy subject matter and soundscapes. Really glad I got around to this and I'd recommend it to anyone even slightly interested in hearing as those 53 minutes felt like a lifetime in the best way possible.