Feeder, who are best known for getting us “High”, have done a great job of outdoing themselves. Their latest release, Yesterday Went Too Soon, takes your heart and mind on a ride through many lows and highs.
The album starts off with the quick, heavy verses of “Anaesthetic”. While you are churned about in the verses, you’ll be set back down during the chorus. The transitions are smooth and the pure rock is smoother. “Insomnia” is the first single, but doesn’t quite give you a feel for what Feeder really has to bring. The chorus is a little weak, but the verse to bridge is very sweet.
The beautifully maligned chorus of “Pictures of Perfect Youth” proves Feeder has grown out of the misguided shells of their past. The title track, “Yesterday Went Too Soon”, builds and builds into a Radiohead-like elegance I didn’t think these guys had in them. And after all of that drama, they bring one the album’s best track, “Waiting For Changes”. This track is pure distorted bliss; “Radioman” is just as blissful for a million different reasons.
In the end, Feeder has such a tide of great tracks that you can’t absorb it, even after a dozen or so listens. Just when you think you can relax they hit you with something like the punky “Evergreen”, and continue on right to the end when they drop perhaps their most perfect display of magic, “Paper Faces”. You continue to wonder what they are up to when you find they even stick a hidden track on the end. It seems they just couldn’t stop the creative flow. Feeder is bad. Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good.
+ charlie craine
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