Wild Pink "Yolk In The Fur" LP

LP - Opaque Teal

With Yolk In The Fur, Wild Pink's much-anticipated follow-up to its eponymous 2017 debut full-length, the three piece again takes its listeners to a place of sonic placidity. Frontman John Ross and his bandmates trade what sparing crunch they did use on the self-titled LP for lush, balmy synths that lift their sound upwards and out, rather than forward and down. Any traces of slowcore and grunge are gone here, replaced by the angelic airiness of Cocteau Twins and Red House Painters, but with the modern crispness of LAKE or Japanese Breakfast. Sporadic splashes of electronic drums and emphasized basslines add fascinating new dimensions to their already-diverse palette, but no instrument or tone ever feels shoehorned in. Each part is stitched seamlessly into the other, and the band's aptitude for unexpected changeups is only heightened with the ability to shift from artificial to natural instrumentation.

Tracklisting:

1. Burger Hill
2. Lake Erie
3. Yolk In The Fur
4. Civility At Gunpoint
5. Jewels Drossed In The Runoff
6. There Is A Ledger
7. The Seance On St. Augustine St.
8. John Mosby Hollow Drive
9. Love Is Better
10. All Some Frenchman's Joke