Yank Crime
by Drive Like Jehu
- Type: Album
- Released: April 26, 1994
- Label: Interscope, UK, Headhunter, Swami, Atlantic, Cargo
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:09:51
- Community rating: 4.49/5 from 24 ratings
Artists on this release: Rick Froberg, Mike Kennedy, Mark Trombino, John Reis
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Yank Crime' stands as a landmark of 1990s post-hardcore, defined by its technically intricate and abrasive sound built upon the tense, intersecting guitar work of John Reis and Rick Froberg. The album's long, complex song structures feature serpentine riffs and sudden rhythmic shifts, creating a disorienting yet meticulously crafted sonic assault. Froberg鈥檚 strained, shouted vocals add a layer of raw desperation, and this fusion of intellectual precision and visceral passion cemented the album's legacy as a foundational influence on math rock and the era's emerging emo scene.
Genres
Descriptors: discordant, abrasive, experimental, noisy, complex, dissonant, intricate, DIY, unpredictable
Tracklist
- Here Come the Rome Plows (05:44)
- Do You Compute (07:12)
- Golden Brown (03:14)
- Luau (09:27)
- Super Unison (07:24)
- New Intro (03:32)
- New Math (04:06)
- Human Interest (03:24)
- Sinews (09:12)
- Hand over Fist (04:24)
- Bullet Train to Vegas (02:40)
- Sinews (09:32)
Credits
- Rick Froberg - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, artwork
- John Reis - lead guitar
- Mike Kennedy - bass
- Mark Trombino - drums, engineer, mixing
- Rob Crow - backing vocals on "luau"
- Donnell Cameron - engineer
- Joe Kucera - assistant engineer
- Joe Peccerillo - assistant engineer
- Paul Waroff - assistant engineer