Young Fresh Fellows - Tiempo De Lujo

Tiempo De Lujo is the latest effort from garage rock band, Young Fresh Fellows. The album contains 12 songs recorded last year in guitarist Kurt Bloch's basement. Tiempo De Lujo seems to be the 13th long-playing platter (i.e. LP, 180-gram vinyl in this particular case) from the 75 percent Seattle-based quartet, although no one is exactly sure. It gets confusing with live albums and compilations and foreign country releases, not to mention all the singles, EPs and cassettes.

"This record is one of the most collaborative we've ever made," says Scott McCaughey. "We learned the songs on the spot, if we'd written them already. If we hadn't written them we just played them without learning them. That saved time, and therefore money. Tiempo y dinero, amigos. The Golden Rule. We never even stopped to get beer. Or burritos. I think we had a cup of tea once. Or a seltzer water with a hint of lemon. Rick Buckler of the Jam came by to return a blazer, but otherwise we forged ahead pretty much uninterrupted."

The songs for Tiempo De Lujo were recorded in a 12-hour session the long-time band members "booked" in order to have an excuse to get together. What resulted was a surprisingly cohesive grouping of 12 songs — hmm, that's one per hour... seems like it shouldn't have taken that long — seasoned bountifully with the energy and lyricism that YFF fans have come to expect. "Tad's Pad" explores the inner sanctum of a drummer's mind. "Cleflo & Zizmor" cuts deep into a sordid world of self-help surgery. "Margaret" is all about Margaret — or IS it? "Death Of An Embalmer" and "(Life Is A) Funeral Factory" form a celebratory welcome to Side Two. Side Two of existence, that is.

 

1. Another Ten Reasons

2. Tad's Pad

3. A Fake Hello

4. Cleflo and Zizmor

5. So Many Electric Guitars

6. The Say Goodbye Center

7. (Life Is A) Funeral Factory

8. Death Of An Embalmer

9. Love Luggage

10. Margaret

11. I Don't Know Why

12. Broken Monkey

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