Probably premature but nonetheless welcome repackaging of the Dukes Of Yearn's entire catalogue, with multiple extras. While their one room of gloom is now rather (over?) familiar, their slow-burning debut was as exhilarating to the music press as The Strokes were a decade later, a doused beacon in ...
Probably premature but nonetheless welcome repackaging of the Dukes Of Yearn’s entire catalogue, with multiple extras. While their one room of gloom is now rather (over?) familiar, their slow-burning debut was as exhilarating to the music press as The Strokes were a decade later, a doused beacon in a wheelie-bin of grins. The demos are added here, while the great live album from the Bloomsbury Theatre (1995) accompanies the equally dour but darkly delicious follow-up (highlights: “No More Affairs”, “Tiny Tears”). Undervalued heartbreak classic Curtains shrugs out some rarities and B-sides, while N
