Monday, August 9, 2021

The 1980 Listening Post - Yachts - Without Radar

 Yachts - Without Rader


May 1980

Yachts

Without Radar

Genre: New Wave

2.5 out of 5





It had been argued to me as a youth that New Wave required keyboards that sounded spacey and futuristic. 

Yachts seem to have bought into that idea. 

Two things that don’t work here: The synths and the lead singer. 

Well, and his lyrics. 

This is an ugly Power Pop record. 

From Wiki: "They hammered out these rocking pop songs surrounded by swirling washes of cheap keyboards.”


Yes. 

Very Cheap.


“Lush” is the only tune I actually kinda sorta liked. 


https://music.apple.com/us/album/without-radar-expanded-edition/1361269664

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