Yank Crime

The absolute peak of “everyone individually is doing the coolest thing you’ve ever heard for 53 minutes straight but when you play it all together it sounds like it’s going to rob you with a screwdriver on the third floor of a parking garage in broad daylight”core

I'll give a 5/10, but I would round this up to 3/5 for the reason that the album didn't offend me.

“Do You Compute” automatically comes out of me when an audio engineer says “okay let’s hear some bass”

Now this, this is a certified masterpiece. For some it is probably a bit too harsh, maybe the 9 minute behemoth that is „Luau“ is too much to handle, but if you can go into this album with an open mind, and preferably with a background in punk/hardcore, then you‘ll feel right at home. My dear friend showed me this album a few years ago and I‘ve been in love ever since. It‘s not as emotionally meaningful to me as other albums, but the sound is just crushing. It‘s like a truck with cinderblocks hitting you, and that‘s a very hard feeling to convey in music. If you liked this album I urge you to check out their debut album. RIP Rick Froberg 5/5

I've always heard people love this band but I don't like this kind of music.

Had no idea music like this was being made in 1994.

“Do You Compute” with 90 seconds of the same guitar riff. The drone at the beginning of “Super Unison” sounded like an Amber Alert got stuck playing. I wanted to like the emo vibes… but the vocals were lacking and the creative decisions just kept doing me wrong… This album was not for me. It was a slog to listen.

At the Drive-In, but slightly madder. Cool rhythms and overall attitude.

Loud American Football. Cool but not really for my old ass. Belongs on the list though.

For a record that was released in 1994, Drive Like Jehu's 'Yank Crime' sounds very ahead of its time, possessing a post-hardcore sound that would help define a large swathe of the alternative/pop punk scene of the 2000s. However, its another one of those albums where 'longer' doesn't necessarily mean better. With shouted vocals, razor-sharp guitars and a crashing rhythm section, 'Yank Crime' has all the ingredients of a chaotic hardcore record, with not a lot of breathing room within its frantic energy. It's certainly clear that Drive Like Jehu were all about energy and chaos. I definitely hear the Fugazi influence on this album, especially in the guitar tone, and the unhinged shrieks of vocalist Rick Froberg signal a way forward for anguished, more emotional vocals in the punk scene, giving rise to the eventual success of the emo movement in the 2000s. However, it's quite unfocused, and the instrumental passages often meander on aimlessly [especially in longer songs such as 'Do You Compute' and 'Luau', as if the band weren't quite sure how to finish each song. The shorter, sharper tunes on this record are quite decent though, especially 'Golden Brown' and 'New Math', and if the album had trimmed some of the aimless jamming, it could've been a tighter record. Very influential to the emo movement, but a bit too bloated for me. Best songs: 'Golden Brown', 'New Math'

It’s average angst. Needs a bit more salt.

Solid but not that interesting to me.

I'd heard of this band and thought I knew what kind of music to expect, which was not this noise rock awesomeness. Sounds like it should've been produced by Steve Albini. Favorite track: Here Come The Rome Plows

Yeah this wasn't for me. Psychedelic stuff is fine from time to time but this just wasn't the day for it. Bullet Train to Vegas was pretty alright.

yes please

It's ok. Very loose and chaotic and noisy. Parts of it really aren't vibing nicely with my tinnitus, but I appreciate the attitude. Maybe it helped pave a way for a certain type of music, but I don't think it's particularly remarkable outside of that.

Laten we voorop stellen dat ik het alleen maar kan aanmoedigen om iets meer de alternative rock - en dan met name de punk - van de US in te duiken. Maar daarmee is bij 'Yank Crime' ook al het positiefs wel gezegd, want ik heb me geen seconde vermaakt. Deze afslag ná de hardcore route die punk bewandelde is mij te onbeduidend. 4/10

De Amerikaanse punkrock revival in de jaren 90 heeft natuurlijk nooit kunnen tippen aan de rouwe punk van eind jaren 70. Het klinkt altijd wat meganischer vind ik en is door de vele geïnspireerde bands ook doordrenkt met poppunk en emorock. En dat klinkt heel anders dan de postpunk en new wave dat juist meer is gelinkt met de 70-s punk. Dus echt twee totaal verschillende genres wat mij betreft. Poppunk kan je Drive Like Jehu echter niet verwijten. Ik kan me wel heel goed voorstellen dat latere meer mainstream emopunk bands hier door geinspireerd zijn. Bijvoorbeeld Weezer en Jimmy Eat World. En tja, als tiener ben ik toch gevallen voor dit genre. En daarom zit dat toch ergens in mijn vezels denk ik. Yank Crime was voor mij nog een onbekende maar een tracks als Super Unison en New Math ga ik toch wel lekker op. Het is me meestal iets te lomp en schreeuwerig maar in New Math hoor ik wel de inspiratie voor bijvoorbeeld the Hotelier. Die wat mij betreft de vetste emo-plaat ooit hebben gemaakt. Dus kudos voor de inspiratie in dit verder natuurlijk best obscure subgenre. 7/10 Highlights Super Unison New Math

Mielenkiintoinen tuttavuus. Moni biisi kuulostaa tutulta vaikken oo ikinä kuullutkaan. Moni biisi vois myös olla suoraan jostain 2000-luvun alun NHL pelistä tai Tony Hawkista. Välillä kuulosti myös hieman Foo Fightersilta ja Nirvanalta. Ihan kiva levy, mutta ei kuitenkaan mikään biisi jättänyt isompaa muistijälkeä. Voisin kyllä pistää toistekin vaikka taustalle soimaan. Kai tää tähän maailman aikaan jonkinnäköinen uranuurtaja on ollut kyseiselle genrelle

Ei oikeen hitannu. Muutama ihan hyvä biisi, muuten aika fillereitä ja mitäänsanomaton albumi. Varmaan punkista tykkäävälle toimii paremmin, mutta ei itelle. Ei kuitenkaan ykkösen veroista paskaa, mutta tollanen kakkonen aika ok arvosana tälle.

Kivan positiivinen yllätys. Ihan menevää, mutta biisit ihan liian pitkiä. Tolla energialla, mitä levyllä oli, niin olisi toiminut paljon paremmin lyhyemmät biisit. Nyt vähän tuntu, että juostiin mudassa. Levy täynnä ralleja, mitä mielellään kuuntelisi ajopeleissä tai muissa urheilupeleissä. Ihan tuntematon entuudestaan ja pitää tutustuu enemmän tuotantoon, jos sellasta on, koska spottari näyttää vain yhden albumin.

Ekan biisin ensisävelistä lähtien aattelin, että ei helvetti mitä paskaa taas, mutta tämähän kostautu yllättävän hyväksi tekeleeksi. Jollain tasolla tuli vähän nirvana- ja deftonesin alkutaivalviboja. Hyvä meininki!

Vihaisilla miehillä on jääny kitarat virittämättä.

Tää on taas vähän värittynyt arvio, kun tätäkin artistia on tullut aikanaan kuunneltua. Aivan satavarmasti vaikee levy kylmiltään, jos genre ei oo tuttu ja viimestään vokaalipuoli voi herättää epäilykset (lyödä vetelät pöxyyn). Näkisin (kuulisin) kuitenkin, että tällä levyllä on aurattu myöhempien vuosien menojalkapändeille latua. Kivoja biisirakenteita ja sovitusratkasuita. Tarjoo tehtaan takuulla vihaitkufiiliksiin resonoitia, mutta myös pohdiskelevampi angstaaja tästä syttyy.

Vihaisten nuorten miesten energia välittyy, ja vaikutus tuleviin sekä nykypäivänkin bändeihin on huomattavissa. Kuitenkin paikoitellen sen verran kakofonista, etten tälle kolmea tähteä enempää tohdi antaa.

Ei pystynyt kuuntelemaan kokonaan. Ihan hirveää.

Uusi tuttavuus itselle. Mukavan energinen meno.

Ehhh

No nyt oli paska levy. Miksi kenenkään pitäisi kuunnella tämä? Ihan saatanan pitkiä ja junnaavia biisejä. Super Unisonin kohdalla luulin että kajari hajosi. Oikeastaan ärsyttää että tuhlasin tähän aikaa. Antaisin nolla tähteä jos voisin.

Like the Rocket From the Crypt album on this list, but better. A more interesting, more angular brand of alt rock. I can totally see how every emo/hardcore/post hc band I listened to in the early 00s was influenced by these guys (ATDI, Jets to Brazil, Cap'n Jazz, etc.). Solid stuff, if not suitable for every mood/occasion. 4/5

I can see how this fits many people, but it wasn't really for me. Too much screaming. They have some decent riffs going that I can imagine are done justice on a bit louder good sound system.

Some hits and misses, but i really couldn't get over the vocals. The misses outweighed the hits too. Honestly a punk album over 1 hour is way to long. Keep it short and sweet.

Not really for me

Screaming, check. Chainsaw guitars, check. Full on 100% rhythm section attack mode, check. One minute thirty songs. Absolute uncheck. If the Minutemen had spun their songs out to 7 minutes and DNOTD was 8 hours long it might be a bit like this. Hence one star, and one of my few DNF's

Went in blind. A mix of post-punk / early hardcore sound. Was reminiscent of my early days going to local hardcore shows. I could see how this might have been influential on the hardcore genre but it ultimately wasnt for me

Drive Like Jehu’s Yank Crime is a screeching collision of tangled guitars, screamy vocals, and relentless drums, a chaotic wall of noise where a bassline occasionally claws its way to the surface, like a drowning swimmer gasping for air. Imagine Sonic Youth’s dissonant sprawl crash-testing Fugazi’s wiry intensity, only stretched past the point of comfort—songs like “Do You Compute” and “Luau” drag past the seven- and nine-minute marks, daring your patience as much as your eardrums. The record finds fleeting clarity in “Golden Brown,” where the band leans into a more straightforward punk drive, but elsewhere the screeches and buzzes (see the mosquito-tone intro of “Super Unison” or the Kim Gordon-ready backdrop of “Human Interest”) feel more like endurance tests than catharsis. For those who worship noise rock’s messier saints, this may play like scripture; for the rest of us, it’s a sermon best endured from the back pew.

3.75

Horrible. Banal grating music and someone should tell the vocalist that singing isn't the same thing as screaming.

Oke, eerste indruk, aboslute tyfus herrie. Dit wordt een lang uur ergeren ben ik bang. Verdomme wordt hier helemaal aggressief van. En ben nog niet eens op de helft. Heb echt de neiging er met mn pet naar te gooien. Wat een herrie zeg. Waarom zou ik dit af moeten luisteren. Het wordt gewoon niet beter, ik geloof het wel. Nee, absolute herrie. Maar heb het wel afgeluisterd dus een 2. De 1 bewaar ik voor de echt onluisterbare, maar het zat op het randje.

I'm not super familiar with emo music, seems like a pretty cool rock album for its time and I enjoyed it

Nope, niet voor mij

Not my thing, also very obscure fucking album?

It made sounds that hurt

Nope…

Almost unlistenable. Wild that people enjoy this

failing to see the significance. railing angry guitars and he sounds like an angry J Mascis not bad though

Who said punk songs have to be 2:30? I actually appreciate the long form format and how it allows for them to stretch out and jam a bit. Lead singer’s voice is great. This album was a nice surprise.

This doesn’t really do much for me. It has elements I like, but not pulling through.

Where's the damn editor? Cut these songs in half and this one positively slays. So many good ideas. Room moving energy. Sonically thrilling. But almost every song is too damn long. Three because a 38 min version of this album is a 5+. Man. It's really just so damn good. You know. This is a game time decision. We're going 4.

First listen is good, will give it seconds and maybe thirds for luck. Had me feeling a bit At the Drive in...

Bueno

Definitely did not expect this kind of music for my first album. I don't typically listen to this genre, so I need to get used to it but I get it why people like this but I don't think this is made for me. I can't really tell what they are trying to convey in their music, there is not really a storyline in their songs. Maybe it's just them trying to show their instrumental skills which is very good though, but I miss a structure. It feels too messy for me. Listened to the first song fully, but couldn't make it much further throught the album. I tried to listen to the second and third one and I like the latter the best but I still don't like it enough to add it to my liked songs.

I liked this more than I expected to. Some of the longer tracks got a good groove going. But ultimately it was too thrash-y and hardcore for me.

Ugh. This was just noise

1. rome - 0 2. compute - 0 3. golden - 0 4. Luau - 0 5. Super - 0 6. Intro - 1 7. Math - 0 8. Human - 1 9. News - 0 10. hand - 0 11. vegaz - 0 JUZT A BUNCH OF FUCKING NOIZE , HORRIBLE BAND

-pretty back -some songs were off beat -too much going on in some songs

This is interesting.

Un album de hip-hop plutôt réussi, qui s’écoute facilement malgré mon manque d’appétence pour ce genre musical!

шумовато

I was not ready for this. What an amazing album. “Super Unison” is a sonic adventure similar to groups like Sonic Youth. Hearing this, I can hear the start of bands like At the Drive In and Modest Mouse.

Foooome

Oft cited and finally listened to...solid 3 stars

That was a challenge. At first it had that early 90’s rage that at the drive in or the Nirvana bleach album had. Unfortunately the vocals weren’t as strong and the songs seemed longer than needed. Very repetitive. Cool to hear but probably my last time.

Trying to catch up so saying very little. Should have smelt a rat when Mr L. said he was looking forward to this one. Bass player could play, but that was not enough to prevent 1.

I really wanted to like this more. I listened to it a while back and wanted to give it another dedicated listen before rating it, as something peaked my interest. Some great guitar moments and some lovely rumbling bass playing. It got better for me after the first 3 tracks. Not sure whether the vocalist calmed down an octave or 2, or I just got tuned into him a bit more. ‘Super Unison’ is the stand out for me, and the first few minutes of ‘Sinews’ showed another side of them that I’d have liked to have heard more of. But even after another listen, there’s something missing for me. I think it must be the vocal style, and not enough change of pace like Sinews promised.

Quality stuff. I do like a bit of U.S. hardcore, even if it is 3rd generation stuff. I was intrigued to learn there was a musician in this band who went on to form Rocket From The Crypt, I think he made a wise decision as there is no commercial mega value in this. Its not the best example of Hardcore from this era, some songs seemed to drag a bit, others galloped along like they should. But I enjoyed it.

this album rocks so hard, what a pleasant surprise to see it on the list

The reviews of this are pretty rough, and it starts off as quite a difficult listen, but I like punk, and whilst this is more hardcore than punk it settles down into a pretty strong album with some good punk / post punk sensibilities. One I think that will benefit from more listens.

### 🎸 **In-Depth Review of Drive Like Jehu's *Yank Crime*** #### **1. Lyrics and Themes** - **Lyrical Content**: Rick Froberg's lyrics on *Yank Crime* are characterized by their visceral intensity and thematic depth. They often explore themes of **distrust, societal critique, and personal anguish**. Tracks like "Here Come the Rome Plows" critique American imperialism (e.g., references to the Vietnam War), while "Luau" addresses the exploitation of Hawaii through tourism. Froberg's delivery is raw and confrontational, blending sarcasm ("keep your handouts, cupcake") with existential dread. - **Emotional Range**: The lyrics oscillate between aggression and vulnerability. For example, "Super Unison" features lines like "Ready, ready to let you in!" which juxtapose stylistic vulnerability with fierce instrumentation. This duality aligns with the album's overarching theme of **emotional persuasion through chaos**. #### **2. Music and Instrumentation** - **Guitar Work**: The dual guitars of Rick Froberg and John Reis are the album's centerpiece, creating a **dissonant, yet melodic tapestry** of sound. Their interplay is technically complex, featuring contorted structures, shifting time signatures, and piercing harmonics. Tracks like "Do You Compute" and "Luau" showcase their ability to weave feedback and noise into hooks that are both abrasive and catchy. - **Rhythm Section**: Drummer Mark Trombino and bassist Mike Kennedy provide a relentless, rhythmic foundation. Trombino's drums are described as "primal" and "hypnotic," while Kennedy's basslines add depth and propulsion, particularly on tracks like "Sinews". - **Song Structures**: The album defies conventional punk norms with extended song lengths (four tracks exceed 7 minutes). These sprawling compositions incorporate **dynamic shifts**, from quiet, tense passages to explosive crescendos, reminiscent of post-rock and math rock. #### **3. Production** - **Raw and Unpolished Sound**: The production, handled by the band themselves, emphasizes **rawness and intensity**. Unlike the slickness often associated with major labels (Interscope), *Yank Crime* retains a DIY aesthetic, with a mix that highlights the cacophony of guitars and Froberg's harsh vocals. - **Atmospheric Texture**: The use of feedback and distortion creates a dense, immersive soundscape. For example, "New Intro" instrumental layers noise over a melancholic waltz, adding to the album's emotional weight. #### **4. Themes and Conceptual Depth** - **Critique of American Imperialism**: The term "Yank Crime" itself refers to U.S. interventionism, with songs like "Here Come the Rome Plows" (referencing military bulldozers) and "Luau" (critiquing Hawaiian tourism) serving as pointed commentaries. - **Emotional Isolation**: Froberg's lyrics often convey a sense of alienation and defiance, as seen in "Do You Compute?" where he snarls, "Fuck you if you disagree with me". This themes of resistance and individuality resonate throughout the album. #### **5. Influence and Legacy** - **Genre-Bending Impact**: *Yank Crime* is cited as a foundational work in **post-hardcore, emocore, and math rock**. Its influence is evident in bands like At the Drive-In, Refused, and Botch, who adopted its blend of aggression and technicality. - **Cultural Resonance**: Despite its initial limited commercial success, the album gained cult status and was reissued in 2003 due to persistent demand. Its legacy is celebrated for inspiring the "San Diego sound" and emocore scene of the 1990s. --- ### ✅ **Pros of the Album** 1. **Innovative Guitar Work**: The dissonant, interlocking guitar melodies create a unique sound that remains influential. 2. **Emotional Intensity**: Froberg's vocals and lyrics convey raw passion, making the album emotionally resonant. 3. **Dynamic Songwriting**: The extended tracks masterfully balance chaos and structure, offering immersive listening experiences. 4. **Thematic Depth**: The critique of imperialism and personal vulnerability adds intellectual weight. ### ❌ **Cons of the Album** 1. **Inaccessibility**: The abrasive noise and lengthy songs may deter listeners unfamiliar with post-hardcore or math rock. 2. **Repetitive Elements**: Some critics note that the album occasionally overuses ideas or feedback, leading to moments of monotony. 3. **Vocal Style**: Froberg's harsh, shouted vocals are an acquired taste and may overwhelm those preferring melodic singing. --- ### 🎶 **Conclusion** *Yank Crime* is a landmark album that transcends its post-hardcore roots through technical innovation, emotional depth, and uncompromising vision. While its abrasiveness and complexity may not appeal to all, its influence on alternative music is undeniable. For those willing to engage with its chaos, it offers a profoundly rewarding experience that remains relevant decades after its release.

An absolute gem, this. Why have I never heard of it until today?

Ok it's got some great things going on. The drums and bass did their homework and brought it. The lead guitar was out there, just going for it. I appreciate that. I lost the lyrics part. I get a lot of the genre is screaming lyrics at you. Some bands can make that shit work. These folks kinda faltered a bit on it. It's worth it to listen to some of it. If it grabs you cool, if it's not, it's ok to walk away from this. I'd rather listen to just the band rock out and jam personally.

Reminded me a bit of my own band, only more dark and emo. Felt a bit monotonous and drawn out after a while, but not entirely bad

The name vaguely rang a bell from the 90s, but didn't really know what to expect. Solid noise rock, it turns out. Bit of punk, garage rock or grunge and a touch of metal. Feels that there was maybe a lot of this stuff around, but it grew on me after a second listen. Not outstanding maybe, but enjoyable enough at times.

I thought I liked difficult noisy things but this had me questioning that. I’m the problem here though, not these guys.

Not for me

It’s ok

i was not a fan of this. i guess i just don't like the emo genre. i read up on them, and can appreciate wat they did on the forefront of this type of music, but generally was not a fan.

Whoa. Some cool bass jammies.

Too long

Hated this!

Surprised to see this rated so low. I had fun

Another dnf, I just hate listening to angry music.

I feel like I just listened to the same song 12 times.

cool hardcore punk thing

Some really cool crazy dissonant moments to draw in you harder for the musical breakdown

I enjoyed the droning guitars and screams felt like a stepping stone to 2000s aggression rock, maybe screamo? The album is a bit long and doesn’t always mesh well together. I’ve learned from Fugazi and minutemen that I like this music in bite sized songs. But otherwise a solid album. Close but not quite a 4

Pretty darn good punk rock music, some good tunes on this one.

I quite enjoyed the rawness of this album. Throughout all of my reviews, I’ve found that to be a quality that I value, and I guess I never knew that. There’s a very fine line with noise rock, with one side being something I like, and the other side being something I hate. Fortunately, this lands on the former side. I liked how there is a particular riff that continues between some tracks. It ties it together into a good album, rather than a good collection of songs.

pense que lo iba a soportar hasta que vi que duraba 1h 9. Aun asi, un tema me gusto. 1.5

pasé de chet baker a esto y fue triste. lamentablemente no aguanté. no sé si puedo juzgarlo como bueno o malo, pero voy a ponerle puntos según mis gustos.

Liked it way more than i expected to. Reminds me of Shellac’s 1000 Hurts. Felt like something that needs to be played *loud* to properly appreciate. 7/10, 4 stars, really liked “Luau”.

Consider this a Public Service Announcement, this album is unlistenable.

So much obvious talent, but very raw. It never comes together into something that actually works.

Joo ei

Tälle vois antaa vielä mahdollisuuden.

Saan työpäivän aikana kuulla tarpeeksi tällaista sekasorron kaltaista älämölöä. ⭐️⭐️

Tämä jopa meni ihan mukavasti mättövideopelin taustalla. Levyn meiningistä sai kiinni jo ekassa biissä viitatuista sota-aikana käytetyistä rooma-auroista. Oli meininkiä mutta ei tätä ihan erikseen kyllä laittaisi soimaan.

Damn good punk album, that was fun. Felt a little bit like Refused

I probably would’ve loved this when it came out, why didn’t I hear it?! It’s a solid 3 now though.

I don’t typically listen to hardcore or punk, but enjoyed this one. Some great tracks and some others that weren’t for me. Even a bit of prog thrown in for good measure. Enjoyable listen

Класичний та культовий альбом. Вплинув на інші хороші гурти. Той самий ATDI багато взяв від DLJ. Я не можу сказати, що я колись прям горів цим альбом. Він дуже насичений, і на відміну від деяких теж класичних постхк альбомів, які я міг запускати по колу, з цим такого бажання особливо не виникало. Можливо це через нойзовий акцент в цій музиці. Років 5 мабуть не слухав, зараз із великим задоволенням переслухав.

Однозначно 5 зірочок, пощастило побачити їх реюніон наживо.

Lo

Cool background story, nice album but for me not much replayability.

Energetic and raw. Music for a mood, not my usual mood though. Allright for a while but went on too long. 3/5

Only very vaguely aware of this band - and they’re fantastic, finally this list is coming good. Sounds like a bit at times like sonic youth, fugazi, toadies, at the drive in, trail of dead.

finally some real music

It was just too noisy. I had to turn it off. DNF.

Nicht mein Geschmack, zu sehr Richtung Heavy Metal. Deshalb kann ich das Album auch nicht gut beurteilen.

I was not interested, to grindy and unpleasant. If I want something on this tone I prefer metal

It's not bad, I just don't know why I should listen to this instead of the thousand other records that sound exactly like it.

Just as I had never heard of Rocket From the Crypt, I'd also never heard of Drive Like Jehu (whose guitarist formed Rocket From the Crypt about the same time). I can't say I particularly glommed onto this album or their style, but it's well-produced and occasionally kind of fun, especially with "Do you compute" and "Super unison". A bummer that there are a few 7-to-9-minute songs that drag on faaar too long ("Luau" and "Sinews" in particular). It's *very* odd to read that Drive Like Jehu was considered an "emo" band (at least according to Wikipedia; the "1001 Albums" entry only references their more obvious punk influences), as this album bears almost no resemblance to the likes of The Cure or The Smiths or their ilk, which probably just shows my ignorance of emo's roots more than anything. It's hard to imagine much overlap between fans of Drive Like Jehu and fans of what emo became associated with. I'm not really a fan of either, though, and in retrospect I enjoyed Rocket From the Crypt more, having now listened to this alternative.

I always like it when I can't tell between the album's name and the artist's name when I get my album of the day, and today was one of those days. Better than most punk / metal / hardcore hybrids, and I want them to do a show with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Seriously the number of punk albums on this list is outrageous. It's really a shame that they aren't of better quality. This one is no different. It just isn't really that good. 2 stars out of kindness.

Kan sikkert være bra, men ikke morgenmusikk når jeg er sliten. Da er det for hardt når jeg ikke har noe forhold til det fra før

This record is a breath of fresh air. I loved it. I would be a 5 if it were shorter. Albums over an hour are just too much.

Wow this is awesome, the songs blend into one another but it’s an awesome energy and vibe, it’s like taking the rawer songs of Nirvana and making it into a whole album. Feels a bit long after a while though.

This was pretty damn good. Reminded me very much of Slint and I loove spiderland, so naturally i liked this one as well. Maybe a 5 is a little too much, but shit it was amazing

I guess I’m not invited to the birthday party.

Every song sounds the same.

Am only 500 albums into this list but seriously think I've found the worse drivel ever recorded. 100% talentless drivel start to finish.. Congratulations to all the idiots involved in producing this warm damp turd of an album.

On dirait un jeune Jack White, dans l’urgence et le jusqu’au-boutisme. Exactement le rock avec lequel j’ai grandi

I'm glad there is music like this on the list, noisy unapologetic post-hardcore that never sees the light of the Billboard 100. The opener is a barnstormer of a track and my favorite here. There are moments for calmer songs on here as well, but they don't interest me as much. Overall a bit on the long side perhaps, but a good and angry album to listen to.

Not for me.

This was unexpectedly a very solid album. I really like how dark and raw it feels. I also love the instrumentation, I can tell they are all very good musicians. The songs are highly creative and original as well. The album cover also somehow perfectly portrays how the album sounds which I love.

Je suis vraiment content de voir cet album dans la liste. Une des voix les plus singuliere du punk. Un band qui continue dans la voie de Fugazi mais avec encore plus d'urgence, de rage. Il y a de la complexité, mais jamais pour être complexe, ça accote l'émotion à fond.

Beaucoup de souffrance, surtout au niveau des guitares. C'est très bon mais j'étais pas mal tanné avant la fin. 3.5 étoiles

Stoked this is in here. Love my Swami boys. Has John Reis ever been in a bad band? There should also be some Hot Snakes on this list but that may be asking too much of old mate Rob. RIP brother Rick.

2/5

Me not for me

Christ, please fuck off. Can't actually listen to this.

Quite good. More inventive than other thrash / emo stuff I've heard. I think it's also better than the Rocket from the Crypt album on here (the two bands share a guitarist), mainly for being less repetitive.

Didn't enjoy this one as much, Golden Brown was pretty interesting and Sinews was quite a cool psychedelic song, overall 2/5

I realised after listening to this for about half an hour that I'd accidentally put it on shuffle. No way I'm starting again. 2*

Rattles along like a runaway train from second one, all chugging riffs, stop-start rhythm and throaty poetry. As the genre post hardcore suggests they took the aesthetic of hardcore punk, cut and shut it into something brand new a la Slint, Brainiac, Unwound. After a few plays you’ll have bits of John’s hooks and Rick’s lyrics going round your head at random like mantras. The only downside is that once you’ve heard DLJ and Hot Snakes no other rock band ever sounds as good.

I don’t get it, my favourite was the stripped back last track, the rest were forgettable.

I didn't mind it at first, but then I saw it was over an hour of this dude screaming and just said nope. Glad I never heard this back when I was a teen.

Hardcore brilliance

Nice sound overall, some older punk

Super Unison //

2.69?!?! Common people, this album is great. I listened to it once a year ago and loved it, but for some reason never listened to it again. This is probably my favorite hardcore album that isn't Title Fight. There are just so many great riffs, and his voice matches the music so well. He really has a great scream. High 5!!!

Punk - pass

ew

Favorite Track: Golden Brown

When I downloaded this album and saw that it was nearly an hour and ten minutes long, I started having negative feelings toward it immediately. I acknowledge this kind of pre-judgement is unfair, but my prior experience has been that most albums over an hour long feel tedious by the time you finish them. Then I had a quick look at the Wikipedia page and saw that the genre was post-hardcore, and my misgivings only grew. Possibly I actually frowned while skimming the article. One thing I've learned about myself from this project is that punk and adjacent styles are very much not my cup of tea. Different genres of music emphasise or value different aspects of music - rhythm vs melody vs harmony, simplicity vs show-offy displays of virtuosity, energy vs restraint/tenderness. Most punk I've heard is heavy on rhythm and energy/aggression, and light on melody and tenderness. This just isn't to my taste most of the time. All this is to say that I was fully prepared to hate this album, but instead I merely disliked it. I feel like I've had a little breakthrough in realising that if you don't think of the harsh sounding vocals as a human voice, but instead let it wash over you as just another instrument, then it fits in well with the heavy, distorted guitars and adds to the overall vibe instead of just seeming like tuneless screaming

Oh, what's this? Looks interesting. Keys check it out. Oh, I think the authors just trying to be cool. This is like a less interesting At The Drive-in. Maybe a precursor, looking at the release year. Send like I missed the boat on this one back in the day. A lot to like, but not great. Easy three.

Powerful and gripping

So this is emo. So many music styles I never listened to. This has been a real education for me. This album is very interesting musically with its odd time signatures, polyrhythms, outside melodies and lyrics. Little too intense for my tastes, but intriguing nonetheless. Well played, boys!

While its quite good. There are a number of annoying artistic choices on it. Starting a song with 20 seconds of horrible feedback is just wanky. There's some beautifully haunting riffs, New Intro sounds like something you'd hear on a post rock album from the mid 00s. Good but too long and wanky at parts

Sure this album was influential but it sucks, so who cares?

Brutal experience

mm. the sound is fun but a bit unvaried. very long but often low on ideas. best moments are instrumental rhythmic ones. best tunes: do you compute, luau, new intro, human interest, sinews (great track)

Not a Emo consumer. Felt like more. Sad that the lead singer, Robert Froberg passed in 2023. Liked the "Luau" and "Plow" tracks. Not a lot depth.

Mental guitar riffs on this. Loved it.

What this list lacks in At The Drive-In, Refused, Polvo, Unwound, Q and not U, Sunny Day Real Estate, etc etc it makes up for with Drive Like Jehu. I don't really consider this emo but fuck it if theres no My Chem on the list this is the next best thing. This absolutely fucking rips, its from 1994 and you have all the best bits of noise rock, math rock, hardcore, and post rock all fused together in a tense and unforgiving hour. And best of all, it sounds like you are in the room with them and they are just hammering it out in front of you. The drums are barely holding the ramshackle chaos together, the guitars either blending seamlessly together or squealing like hawks, the bass, my fucking god the bass, it is fucking heavy as shit and holding the whole operation down. Rome Plows is one of my favourite punk songs ever. Right off the bat we are in 5/4 with a ripper of a bass line and straight in the guitars are fighting for air over separate dissonant lines. It is relentless, the only breaks when it switches to 6/4 while the guitars climb and a build section later in the song. Masterfully crafted energy that is holds between 10 and 11 the entire near 6 minute track length. I'm not even gonna bother listing favourites, this is a near 10 for me and I think its all essential. Without this album nearly all of my favourite bands wouldn't exist. My crime has been yanked thank you very much.

Pleasantly surprised to unearth this album, particularly on this list. It’s got a lot of really great drum grooves, interesting and noisy guitar work, vocals are raw and emotional without feeling too ‘emo’. As an album it works cohesively, but it’s long. It teeters right on the brink of being interesting and artful, or being a noisy mess - and with its length its easy to find the album a bit of a meandering slog by the end. On the whole, it has its moments, it’s a strong 90’s rock album that feels ahead of its time, and its influence on hundreds of artists I’ve grown to love since cannot be understated - but, to put it bluntly, I’d much rather listen to the groups it influenced than the album itself. Here Come the Rome Plows (8/10) Do You Compute (9/10) Golden Brown (8/10) Luau (8/10) Super Unison (9/10) New Intro (8/10) New Math (7/10) Human Interest (7/10) Sinnews (8/10) 8/10

Solid enough, but doesn’t want to keep things interesting.

I’ll have to revisit. I don’t dislike but it didn’t grab me either, fun mix of genres.

Slap

Unironically the worst album I have ever listened to. It’s so so boring like what? Harmonically stiff, melodically repetitive, lyrically lame. I would far rather listen to Tromboneliness than this shit genuinely

No

Loud good guitar on here comes the rome plows do you compute is awesome - more violent okay computer luau is really cool Super unison just edged my ears to completion at the start

Not for me.

2.5

3.5

Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime [1994] On the very first song I really wanted to hate it, not necessarily by preconception but when it started I just figured this was going to be one of those albums that was a bit too abrasive for me. But I didn't necessarily hate the song. By the second song I actually really decided I like this band and enjoyed the rest of the album even though it's not a straight up go through it was thoroughly entertaining. I hear a lot of people talking about his screaming voice but honestly to me his voice though it doesn't sound like Cobain reminds me of Cobain's more screamy deliveries. And even though this music does not remind me of Nirvana's music necessarily it does remind me of at least in Nirvana spirit of *Bleach* a little bit more loud in your face but still a locked and groove. In fact I really loved some of bass grooves that would pop up every once in awhile. I'm going to start this off at a light 4★s, but I can actually see it kind of grow on me a bit. (*Bleach* did and my initial rating of that was lower than this) 8.25 ★★★★

I like the instrumentation and melodies, hut can't totally get behind the screamy vocals. 3.5 stars

I think this is pretty good, and I can see why it's in the book -- it definitely helped spawn a lot of new subgenres like emo and math rock. It's not totally my thing, but I did enjoy a few of the songs -- "Here Come the Rome Plows", "Golden Brown", and "Super Unison" are all pretty cool. I didn't really like the longer songs, which I found to be a bit plodding. 3.5 stars.

Atrocious. Tedious, yelpy screamo emo with ultra-repetitive tendencies that inspired other painful music as In The Drive-In. One of the worst and most pointless albums I’ve done for 1001. Not just a Yank Crime but also an International Crime.

Finally, we hit a "kinda obscure" album that I owned. I miss this era, and this is the kind of music I will always think of when I hear the term "emo." The screams. The distortion. The anguish. After this, I just had to listen to some Rocket from the Crypt, No Knife, Fugazi, Rites of Spring, etc.

My mistake was listening to this on the morning commute as it is not a chill album whatsoever. Didn’t hate it but no songs I’s return to!

01) Here Come the Rome Plows - 5,5 02) Do You Compute - 5,0 03) Golden Brown - 5,0 04) Luau - 5,0 05) Super Unison - 5,0 06) New Intro - 5,0 07) New Math - 5,0 08) Human Interest - 5,0 09) Sinews - 5,0 TOTAL: 5,06 (51/100)

I love this. Underrated.

Not for work! Requires rage as a vibe!

This is what punk should be. So fun. Loved luau and hand over fist

i liked the guitar. not their voices.

Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Emo Noise-Rock - this album gave me a headache. Some tracks, "Do You Compute" and "Sinews" for example, start off well, but then the "vocals" (shouting) start and the tracks go into a decline.

Decent album. Some songs the instruments overrode the vocals and sounded kind of messy and chaotic. Sinews and New Intro were probably my favorites off it.

Honestly this album was not what I was expecting when I first put it on, but I did like it. I enjoyed how it explored different areas of its genre, and it allowed certain tracks to really stand out to me. One of those was the very pop-punky Super Unison. While everything else either tended to stay in the same area of the genre or at least had another track like it, I believe Super Unison was completely unique in its sound. I also liked the contrast between the songs that was created by the order they’re played it, like going from the up-beat thrashy Human Interest to the more mellow instrumental-only Sinews. Sinews and Sinews (Original Version) reminded me of the closing track on Pearl Jam’s Ten, with their mellow instrumentals and also the sheer length of the songs, with both version of Sinews being over nine minutes long. All in all I really enjoyed this album, but I feel as if it’s one I’ll have to listen to fully solidify my stance on it. Favourite track - Human Interest

This is exactly what I needed today. Favorite song: Sinews I love albums with gritty unpolished guitars and vocals that sound like they embody raw emotion. This album is that. I'm sad that this is their only album. It's such a vibe.

Warmed up to it a little as it went on

I really like the sound, not sure I like it on repeat for 50 minutes

I keep hearing glimmers of legit musical talent, then someone starts screaming (indecipherably, but he feels some type of way to be sure). Followed almost immediately by feedback that threatens to shake your fillings out. It's 10AM, I just can't.

Feels ahead of its time

actually gets better the deeper you go into the album

Very small band but I really liked this one

This entirely passed me by when released, and yet it is truly up my street with its math rockiness. Joining the library.

This isn't my taste.

Puffff! Me ha flipado! Un post hardcore increíble con mazo progresivo Le doy de un 8/10 en la escala wow

Experimental progressive punk. This is sooooo awesome. Never hear of them before. This os the reason I keep doing the one albuma day thing to discover stuff like this

This was just too much noise. There was nothing appealing here.

Listenable.

Good album, enjoyed it more then I thought

didnt get past the first 30 seconds. sorry, too much to concentrate on w/o punk rock sledgehammering my brain. I'm giving it 5 stars, because as Punk goes, this magnificently worked instantly as an repulsive agent.

This music probably sounds great while getting the wind knocked out of you on your cousin's poorly constructed halfpipe, but outside of that, the appeal is elusive.

I’m already a fan of Rocket From the Crypt and Hot Snakes, two bands in the same family tree as Drive Like Jehu, and was way overdue to listen to this band. Between the complex, multi-part compositions and song lengths, this feels like operatic post-hardcore. I’d call it progcore, but it never feels especially fussy, indulgent or done simply to demonstrate musical virtuosity. Instead, the songs, from the pummeling noise freakout of “Luau” to the meditative “Sinews,” feel entirely unfettered and free, in service of conveying complex emotions. This album is rooted in the sonic fury of hardcore but expands by orders of magnitude on the genre’s restrictive musical palette.

I dunno, I already have a Shellac record, so I think I'm set for math rock that is also angry.

Whoa...2 in a row that I've never heard of. And also 2 in a row that just don't do it for me. *shrug*. This is more interesting to me than the previous one (Penance Soiree). Not a genre I particularly know much about but I do feel this album had some thought put behind it. In the end, though, just not my thing.

This is my second listen, and I will admit to having totally forgotten everything about it after the first listen. It’s noisy, angry, postmodern punk and very much in the vein of Fugazi. I think I probably would have enjoyed it 30 years ago, but now it’s just too much noise about nothing. The album is okay, but the tracks are too long and I can’t connect with them. It obviously influences a lot of bands going forward so probably deserves to be on the list, but I just don’t like it much.

Bloody awful

Well, they certainly succeed in the "loud and chaotic" department, which seems to be what they are going for. If that's the kind of music you're wanting to hear, they will not disappoint.

gotta admit, more stuff I liked here than i disliked.

I would like to like this more, the sound is pretty close to there... but it just does not really stand out to me. It all kinda blends together.

Really couldn't get into this one, despite wanting to. I feel like a lot of music in this genre is carried by its vocalists and this one didn't do it for me.

What a choice for this list! Heavy, raw, angry, NOISY music to pummel shit to. I already know some of my associates in this group will not care for this album, but to me, this is what post-hardcore is all about.

I don’t think I was angry enough to listen to this. It just ended up being annoying and loud.

PRIMAL, ENERGETIC, MENACING, NOISY, MATHEMATIC. MUSIC TO RAM THROUGH A FUCKING BRICK WALL 👹🐂 Standouts: Luau, New Intro, Sinews

They are obviously extremely talented at doing their thing, but their thing is mostly not for me. This is a 3 and not a 2 because there were some real standouts on the album.

Meh

The first song was unpleasant to listen to, so I was pleasantly surprised when some songs where pretty nice. Still not music I will listen to again.

I do not like the scream I hear; I do not like it in my ear. Stop screaming young man; your voice is not nice. Your anger is so hot; I must put this on ice. I’d be really annoyed if I was stuck in traffic listening to this. It’s a 1. (Have i mentioned that I don’t like punk?).

noise and chaos. angsty rhythms. trancelike music interludes, with lovely progressive buildups. i'm listening at an office workplace but this would go hard as a running mix, especially "do you compute". kind of a dreadfull sonic violence. fantastic.

This could have been 30 min but even that might be a stretch. Not horrible I just dont love being yelled at for an hour.

Absolute banger album and a highly underrated one at that

Muy buen álbum

Sounded a bit like Slint in places, and, strangely, like Mastodon in others. I felt I didn't give this the attention it deserved due to a mild hangover, but it's still an easy four stars.

нормалек. увидев слово пост-хардкор ожидал услышать что-то другое.

can not

There's noise, grunge, punk, metal, and rock. Some tracks are actually not that bad, but nothing I would like to ever listen to again.

Not my cup of tea

Here Comes the Rome Plows 3 Do You Compute 3.3 Golden Brown 3 Luau 3.4 Super Unison 3.3 New Intro 3.2 New Math 3 Human Interest 3.2 Sinews 3.5 Score: 3.211111111

High energy, solid album standout songs: Here come the rome plows New Math Sinews

This is the worst Rock 'N Roll album I've had to displeasure of listening to in my life. It's just noise with what sounds like a voice in the background, moaning(it also includes the worst intro of any song ever. I'll let you be surprised, so I won't spoil it). Most tolerable track: "Do You Compute".

Even if it isn't my thing necessarily, it is still pretty solid and doesn't deserve as much hate as other albums on this list.

No los conocía. Correctos cuando se tranquilizan.

not for me! maybe i need to listen again

En overraskelse

Another strange punk/ rock band. Strange music.

Here Come the Rome Plows is one of the greatest things ever recorded

Not really my thing. I found it kind of annoying and forgettable, turning down the volume at one point. It's nice to listen to different stuff so I don't regret it but I won't be putting it on again.

ala-arvoista sontaa

Very early post hardcore stuff, definitely inspired future bands in the the early 2000s

Not sure there's ever a need for an extended period of high pitched air raid siren wail. There were a few other points of unnecessary, slightly painful sound, but for the most part this album was fine if definitively not our cuppa tea

A crazy mash up of punk, metal, grunge and pre-emo. Each element is done well enough. Thrashing, whiny metal guitar with the punk rhythms and drums is actually pretty good. The vocals have a Kurt Cobain quality to them, but if he grew up in San Diego and was a spoiled brat. An hour and ten minutes to far too much for this album, and with 2 songs going over 9 minutes and 2 more going over 7, it becomes very tiresome. There are some really great moments on this album. The last 2 minutes or so to Super Unison (one of the 7+ minute tracks) was great. The band was firing on all cylinders and the vocals were minimal. I think the music is a 4/5 but the whining, screaming, screeching vocals bring it down considerably. I personally can’t stand that style of “singing,” never made sense to me. Who wants to be screamed at? It’s hard to understand the lyrics too. I find myself enjoying the music a lot, wasn’t sure that’d be the case but the vocal really killed it for me, particularly at 70 minutes. If this had more of the “tame” vocals like on track New Math, I could give this album a 4 or even consider a 5. But it’s a 3. Typically a these type vocals would bring it down even more, but the music is so damn good. 6.6/10 #45/1001

Screamy, but okay. Enjoyed listening to it in the afternoon at work, in a job that's been driving me crazy. Not bad, but it's served its purpose and I doubt I'll ever listen to this again.

This is much harder than my normal listening, but I found it energetic and enjoyable. At times they sounded like Nirvana, and at others Metallica. I cleaned the shit out of my house while jamming, which is a fantastic use case for an album.

post hardcore sucks

Meh

Saved the last track to my 90s Bangers playlist, but probably won't relisten to this one.

One of my favourite discoveries of this process so far, almost like prog Refused? The two long songs are my favourite and I'll definitely be returning to this one! 4.5*

один раз послушала и закрыла, день спустя конечно уже слабо помню. было громко и неприятно

Really? This is the one and only emo-adjacent album on the list? What gives? Well, apparently, the creators of the 1001 albums book are biased as fuck. There's literally a whole paragraph on the page for Arcade Fire's Funeral calling emo "garbage." That's just unprofessional. So yeah. No My Chemical Romance, no American Football, no Sunny Day Real Estate, but we get Drive Like Jehu? I don't understand this list sometimes. Anyway, the album's good. It's not peak music or anything, but I get the appeal. The sound is cool. It's definitely on the more harsh and aggressive side, which can work, but not always. Fortunately, I think it works on this album. These songs are pretty good and it's largely because of the awesome instrumentation. The singing is basically just screaming, but in like a kind-of cool way. I don't know. It fits the vibe. The writing is interesting. This isn't just "I hate everything and the world and you." It has songs about history and stuff! Neat! Overall, I don't know if this is an essential listen, but I like it nonetheless. Cool album. Light 4/5.

Cool and chilling!

I'm beginning to think this site is all about trying to find out how many bad albums they can make me listen to. This one is real bad

#ВидатнийАльбомЩодня Drive Like Jehu — Yank Crime (1994) Цей альбом — як фільм, який спочатку не зібрав великої аудиторії, але з часом став культовим. Yank Crime часто згадують у списках найважливіших «гітарних» релізів 90-х, але знайомі з ним далеко не всі, і дарма. Drive Like Jehu — гурт, який проіснував всього 5 років, випустив два альбоми і не мав жодних хітів. Проте їхній вплив на музику виявився значно більшим, ніж можна було очікувати. Цей альбом часто називають предтечею «емо». Але це не “емо” в тому вигляді, який ми зазвичай уявляємо сьогодні, з усіма його сценічними атрибутами і певною стилізацією. Тут емоційність — це справжній крик тривоги, внутрішня напруга і напружена драматургія, яка виливається в музичну мову. І саме для передачі цього «стану» Drive Like Jehu робили свою музику такою ламаною, агресивною, з частою зміною ритмів і мелодійних ліній. Але при цьому вона не звучить хаотично. Навпаки, кожен трек — це продумана історія з несподіваними поворотами і постійним зростанням напруги. У 1994 році, коли більшість гуртів грали гранж, Drive Like Jehu вже прокладали дорогу для пост-хардкору, матроку і скрімо — жанрів, які з’розвинулися і стали популярними значно пізніше. Yank Crime - це забута класика, яка має величезне значення для розвитку альтернативної сцени 90-х і вплинула на багато гуртів, які ми слухаємо і сьогодні. Навіть якщо ви не є поціновувачем такої «шумної»музики - все одно раджу дати цьому альбому шанс - можливо, саме він стане саме тією знахідкою, яку ви давно шукали😉

Three tracks in. I keep thinking that surely I should hate this. I don't normally get on well with shoutiness and fast rhythms combined. In fact the words "post hardcore" filled me with trepidation. But, so far, I'm being blown away by the incredible guitar-playing and the emotion. Not to mention the insanely good rhythm section. Let's see how we go... hoping to hear more of the singer's really nice tone and a bit less of the shouting, although, as I say, I'm finding the emotion is compelling and I'm enjoying how the music frequently (but not too frequently) changes up. Next three. Luau didn't engage or move me in the same way, and was really long. I wasn't mad on Super Unison, either, although I liked the long outro. New Intro lured me back; I liked it (and it was a break from the shouting!) Final three tracks (I don't do bonus tracks in this project; there isn't time!) Once again I found myself weirdly enjoying this band: New Math - great lyrics and loved the rhythm change when it came; insane drumming. Human Interest - interesting but I'm flagging. Finally, Sinews. The gorgeous opening riff took its time and made me think that the 9 minutes could be quite a journey. It was an aptly-named track; twisting and tortuous; ultimately satisfying. So overall, to my surprise, I liked this; it has intensity, virtuosity, energy, great chords, power and authenticity. Am I likely to sit through it all again? Probably not: whilst the vocal style works perfectly for what he's saying, it's not a style that normally makes me reach for my headphones. But its quality as an album was evident to me.

Once I’d got through the shouting on track one I did like a bit of the guitar on track two and then I gave up.

Only using the most liberal of definitions could this be called good music

This is one of those albums I knew nothing about before listening to it, and I'm inclined to listen to it again. I've gone through almost 700 of the 1001 on my list and I easily liked this as much or more than half of those. Put your headphones on and turn up the volume for this one.

Nope! This is not for me at all.

How does anyone like this genre is beyond me, just scratchy noise and shouting. And why do I need to listen to it?

Very technical, for sure, good at layering multiple off beat beats together, with a ton of speed too. I like the guys scream too. Definitely influenced 30 Seconds To Mars. I liked it but it did go on for a while on some tracks

I always have high hopes any time I check out a new noise rock album. Like, I'm no stranger to guitar noise, and I'm always looking for more of it! But the problem is that most noise rock doesn't want to do noise in the way I want to hear noise. Like, there's distortion obviously, but instead of a whole lot of screechy feedback blanketing everything, they tend to want to play fast and loud and pummel the listener with sound in a different way. Plus, half the time they end up being an angular post-hardcore band, which is something I've never really learned to like so far. As you can imagine from me talking about that here, Yank Crime ends up being one of those fast, loud, angular post-hardcore albums that just leave me dissatisfied.

Noise. Just noise. Occasionally, a track began with a bit of musicality, but, then more noise. And not fun noise, eitger. To be fair, I listened to the whole 'effing mess and it's just noise.

I like San Diego rock a lot. This was just annoying yelling. 1/5

听多了会脑梗

Zu viel

Very very interesting. A hell of a noise. I'll need more time with this, but I love the clanging guitars.

Listened to 30 seconds of this which is probably not good enough but wasn’t getting good vibes 2/10

This was very good and happy I have heard this now Will I listen to again: 100%

4/5

Noisy

This one grew for me considerably on second listen. I'm not sure it will ever be an all-time favorite but I can definitely dig it. 3.5/5

I need to get into more albums like this wow I loved it

Amazing album.

Spirited and noisy.

He was really generic loud screaming punk music

Not bad overall. Occasionally made me think of Fugazi, Steve Albini, or Sonic Youth (briefly). Had a few moments that were a bit too emo for my liking though.

May sound crazy, but the older I get the more I appreciate the punk rock sound. That's my son's influence on me. Thank God for Punk Rock, eh boy? Thought this album was straight energy and definitely a great workout album. It may be the longest punk album I can recall, but it did not diminish my enjoyment. Can't say I loved everything but overall a very good listening experience. A few songs stood out for me. Luau (my favorite), Do You Compute, Sinews and Hand Over Fist. Solid album and appreciate the introduction. Definitely the kind of music you need to be in the right mood. My work seems to put me in that kind of mood! Side note, April 21 is the anniversary of Prince's death. I spent the morning listen to Prince and the afternoon punking out to Drive Like Jehu. How about that variety for a day of listening to music? Ha. 3.5

4 Holy shit, 525 albums in, and we finally got an emo album! This list has seriously been lacking, so I can only imagine we’re about to see some Rites of Spring, Jawbreaker, and Sunny Day Real Estate coming down the pipeline soon. As for Drive Like Jehu, admittedly, I didn’t really know a ton about them going into this, but they couldn’t have popped up at a better time after having just seen Jimmy Eat World this past weekend (amazing show btw). As I learned from their chapter in the emo chronicle, Sellout (amazing book btw), Jimmy Eat World were huge fans of this band, and ultimately recruited drummer Mark Trombino to produce the majority of their albums, including what I would personally consider their magnum opus, Clarity. Now, this album is quite different from Clarity. In particular, it’s much louder, angrier, and, at times, discordant - and I love it. In some ways, it reminded me of Fugazi. I realize that saying so probably makes me a bit of hypocrite after having just used the phrase “assaulting on the senses” pejoratively in my previous review, but this hits me in a totally different way. Unlike Orbital, these guys seem to be actually saying something, and even if you can’t discern exactly what that is from the lyrics, you can feel it in the performance - in many ways, its imperfection is its charm. This is exactly the kind of shit I love hearing live at my local LA dive bar. I was a little apprehensive when I saw some of the runtimes, but the longer songs on this album ended up being my favorites, with Do You Compute, Luau, and Sinews being three highlights for me. I liked everything I heard though, with my only real complaints here being that a lot of the songs sound pretty similar and that there seems to lack any one with a real hook to it, but if I’m being honest, despite that, this is the kind of shit I could listen to all day. It’s not quite what I would consider a masterpiece, but it’s something I would happily add to the musical rotation. Also, it turns out Mark Trambino owns a donut shop in LA, featuring such treats as the “Jimmy Eat Swirl” and “Bacon-182”. Will definitely have to go check it out this weekend. https://www.donutfriend.com/about-us

postpunk, hardcore rock, for langt og for højt

Wow, what a discovery! I loved it. Post-hardcore with the edge and anger of punk, plus creative and interesting signature change-ups, beautiful parts, ragged parts. An album, and a genre, I look forward to diving deeper into.

Trop punk sale

Raucous and in your face punk. This was fun to listen to on a gloomy Tuesday while I worked.

Currently in an avalanche of these low to mid tier punk and punk adjacent albums, send help.

fuck yeah, instant 5. love it.

Somewhere at the intersection of banal and innovative. Innovanal

each song further down the tracklist has fewer and fewer listens hmmm, I wonder why

I liked this album a lot. You could have easily convinced me that this is the same band that made 2004's Porcelain under the name Sparta. There was a lot of urgent guitar work on here, which I really enjoyed. It might be a little too long and samey but I'm planning on listening again and the songs may differentiate themselves better as I hear them more.

Going to enter my Gym Playlist for years to come. Best Song: Super Unison Rating: 6/10 (Adequate) Stars: 3/5

This is a tough one. I like this genre, and while I’ve never heard Drive Like Jehu before, it transports me to a time when I was listening to similar music. There’s nostalgia here for sure. But this just isn’t getting over the threshold for me to like it for some reason. Not a single song got it’s hooks into me, and for that to not happen over the course of an hour 10 that’s not good.

Sonic assault with additional kicking. Truly amazing how you can look down at you own body as it is being beaten and think, I kind of like the way this sounds.

vantar kannski melódíur en fær annan séns. 3,5.

Nope. I have a friend who's in a hardcode band; he's great. I went to one of his shows and had a good time; the people in the crowd were very friendly. I like this album cover image with the rough ink drawing. I do not like the music. Too shouty and harsh.

Glad to be introduced to it even if it is not my jam

קול אבל לא הייתי שומע את זה יותר מפעם אחת

This was hitting up against my screamy-shouty threshold which typically limits how much I can enjoy any hardcore or post-hardcore. This is always a shame to me because *musically* it's kind of everything I love. I appreciated the instrumentals a lot. 3.5

Enjoyable, but also not very readable as multiple songs.

overall not my thing but some parts of some songs pinged my "ooh, this would make a cool sample" brain

A few standout tracks but overall a little too devoid of melody, I know I know it's punk rock and I like a lot of punk rock alright, and I know part of the deal early on was purposefully making noise but I don't have to enjoy all of it. 2.5

This was an unexpected pleasure. Wild frenetic guitar playing with harmonic surprises around ever corner. Vocals did irritate me after awhile though.

Like every other punk rock band of this era. Distorted guitar and a terrible vocalist.

I dunno who these cats are BUT I LOVE THEM, thanks for rescuing me from the mediocre last dozen albums.

1994, the year I was born and also the year this album was released. Now, 30 years on - unlike myself, Yank Crime has aged nicely. Its punk, antiestablishment and-all- around “who cares” themes are present across all the tracks. It’s loud and in your face. Albeit this would not be my first choice, however, listening to this album does inspire me to stick it to the “man”. Notable standouts, Sinews, Hand over Fists and Golden Brown.

Music to shred to, good for stacking it and getting back up while your blood and sweat mix together. Guitar riff in Do you Compute and Human Interest is tight. Rhythm on New Intro and Sinews (both versions) is clean and is a welcome breath between the electric shocks, well placed tracks in the albums flow. Bullet train to Vegas favourite track on album.

Angry people. VERY angry about something. Almost pleasingly angry.

Not for me, irritating and every song sounds the same. 1/5

"Yank Crime" is the second and final album by San Diego post hardcore band Drive Like Jehu. The Wiki-listed genres are post hardcore, math rock, noise rock, post-punk and emo. You have my utmost attention now. Some members of the band would go on to form Rocket From the Crypt and those members in this band include Rick Froberg (vocals, rhythm guitar), John Reis (guitar), Mike Kennedy (bass) and Mark Trombino (drums). A lo-fi bass and a Mudhoney-like rock sound open "Here Comes the Rome Plow." Screaming vocals. Strung out and scratching layered guitars. There's an urgency to this sound that's great. "Do You Compute" has weird guitar keys and melody. Wow, here's your math rock. I've been lifted back to the Standard in Knoxville listening to Still House Plants. Why not just math rock it out for 9 minutes and that's what they do in "Luau." "New Math" starts out like the band is angry at the world. Hard, driving, guitars. Thrash bass and drums. The singer is angry at something but we already knew that from the preceding music. How the hell did I not know about the whole San Diego punk scene in the 1990's? I was living in Santa Barabara at the time. This album is fucking great; I ordered the vinyl a minute into the first song. Hard, melodic, adventurous, urgent, angry, great guitars, bass and drums. I'm not sure where the emo comes in but if this is emo, I'm a fan. A perfect way to end a music-focused vacation. An utterly fantastic album.

I tried but couldn’t past the 3rd track, nonsense!

Not sure about this one. I'd probably like it if I were in the right mood but let's see how it pans out. On further listen I don't love it but don't hate it. 2-3 rating would be right I think