yppah

yppah ("yippah" to make it easier to ask for at your local record shop) is, in the real world, a young texan called joe corrales, who alongside his well worn instrumental hip hop records has obviously a love for layered guitar music a la my bloody valentine as these 11 tracks easily prove.

the fundamental scope of this debut, is of course easy on the ear hip hop styled drum loops, on top of which joe has added carefully crafted layers of instrumentation. so in the mix, are echoed piano parts, old school sounding keyboards, fat and warm bass lines and guitars. guitars, which are often heavily processed, not in an industrial mtv processed manner, but in a more natural, shoegazing manner making this a rather wonderful 34 minute headphone treat.

of course, if you, like me, put this album on while not really paying attention, then the music can come across as somewhat slight and maybe even inconsequential, however, this is misleading as the attention to detail within the soundscapes is very impressive. the scattershot drums interacting with the stereo phased swirling noises during cannot see straight, the stripped down bass funk of the minimalist beauty that is in my drink, or the supremely melodic closer longtime (recalling the early beatbox/acoustic guitar experiments of moshi moshi artist matt harding) being a select choice of many such highlights giving an indication that yppah is a name to look out for in coming years.