The Jim Yoshii Pileup - Silver Sparkler

The Jim Yoshii Pileup
Silver Sparkler

If, like me, the first thing you wonder about The Jim Yoshii Pileup is how come they have that name when none of them is named Jim Yoshii (or let alone Jim) then prepare NOT to find the answer out here. I’ll just stick with figuring out the music thank you very much.

I’ve known about this band for a little while, I think I first heard them on Soma FM. They play their own brand of slightly mutated indie rock. I thought I actually remembered some of their other tracks being more experimental as far as atmospherics go. So I was a bit surprised that the track made available for download off their new album Picks Us Apart is actually quite smooth and and much more straighforward indie rock. It’s also damn catchy.

Silver Sparkler is the track in question and it starts off with a mumbling, moody bass line that reminded me more of The Cure than anything. When the chiming guitars start in, I thought they lent a warm shoegazey feel that really reminded me of The Church.

Hm… all 80s bands I’ve mentioned so far. But damn, if I gotta have the 80s retroactively shoved down my throat then I’d much rather have it in this way than some of the cruddy neu wave crud on radio. In any case, singer Paul from The Jim Yoshii Pileup reminds me more of Silver Scooter or Subset. I really liked this track a lot and I’m hoping the new album off Absolutely Kosher will be more of the same.

by Tyranosaur