The debut full length album by indie rock band Yucca is known for their interesting music based on their unique instrumentation and their post-rock sound.
"Beauty dwells in things which are created by certain inevitability or necessities. This can be said to almost anything, of course music as well. Although the difficult part is that "inevitability" is not necessarily always synonymous to "purpose.” We don't know if the four members of Yucca are aware of that but they are each capable of keenly sharpening what is necessary and are capable of uniquely knitting up the music of their own with a certain kind of bravery. If we are questioned about what and how beauty is and how something can behold it, it is even possible to start out the answer by saying "in case of Yucca, for example...." (text by Ryo Hamamoto)
オルタネイティブレゴポップミニマルインディーロックバンドYuccaの1stフルアルバム。
"音楽であれ何であれ、必然性のあるものに美しさは宿るものである。"必然性"とは必ずしも”目的”と同義ではないトコロだけども彼ら本人達はそれを知ってか知らずか、それぞれの中から必要なものだけを差し出し、ある種のいさぎよさでもって最も純度の高い形に練り上げ編み上げてゆく。その結果聞こえてくるのは、聴いてのとおり。美しいもの、って例えばどういうものだろう、と問われたら、例えばYuccaの場合は・・・・と説明することだってできる。"(text by 浜本亮)
Fun fact: The five music videos that accompany ‘laboratory products’ were directed by recently Oscar nominated ‘Drive My Car’ director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.