Unreal (ATP) is Daniel Blumberg’s first Hebronix album since leaving Yuck, the band he fronted from 2010 to 2012 and quit to “work on other things.” Now that it’s released, we can understand why he left. Produced by Neil Hagerty (Royal Trux, Howling Hex), Unreal isn’t Yuck, and it isn’t supposed to be. The clouds of guitar noise that saturate the album are quieter, moodier, more unsettling; the singing wearier, stretched thin as an old E string; and the songs more introspective, turning inward with lines like, “I’ve got some things to do/Some private things to do” and “I’m thinking about things/I already know.” Blumberg will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our recent Hebronix feature.
Blumberg: I live below a writer called Matt Thorne. He has the best collection of films and music. He’s introduced me to a lot of things I now love, but this film is probably my favorite. It’s not available on DVD, but Matt has the VHS and I have a VHS player so we decided to watch it together one day. It’s four hours long, which is a long time to sit in silence with your neighbor for, but we made it through because the film is so wonderful.
I think it’s got my favorite lyrics of all the movies
Video after the jump.
