Member Since: 23/08/2005
Band Website: www.yogurtsmoothness.com" www.yogurtsmoothness.com
Band Members: Dan K and Brian S
Influences: Perfect blastoff starts trip home: Apollo 12's moon explorers blasted off the bleak lunar surface Thursday, chased their mothership 3 1/2 hours and linked up safely for the long journey home.
Sounds Like: I'll be honest, while last night's lineup at BackBooth was great, the Yogurt Smoothness was the band I was coming to see. The Fling was great, as always, but we already knew that. Andy Matchett and the Monorails, pretty awesome, but I didn't know that going in.It was the 2 piece band's name and genre (Experimental Rock) that intrigued me, anticipating a sound of similar likely named rock outfits-- Mother Love Bone, The Velvet Underground, and something out of a Pink Floyd album.Did the Yogurt Smoothness have lofty shoes to fill? Absolutely. The expectations were high, but I didn't get what I expected.I got more.The Yogurt Smoothness is like all the songs you like, but don't know the names of as Dan on guitar and Brian on drums move through melodies like that range in scope from Dick Dale to Kurt Cobain. Needless to say, I was most impressed by the passion these guys had while playing-- Dan could barely keep his feet on the floor, arching and twisting his feet to some pretty rockabilly-esque riffs, without the hairdos.Needless to say, I enjoyed myself. I did some googling to find more about this band, but other than the band's myspace holding three tracks, a washed out youtube video, and their bare bones website I couldn't find much. Their news reports a full-length album in the works. I'd like to see what that comes to. -It's On: Orlando!: Review: The Yogurt Smoothness
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