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MAX BLOOM Pedestrian
Endearing introspective solo LP from former Yuck guitarist-vocalist
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7/10
Indie post-rockers Yuck were co-founded by Max Bloom and Daniel Blumberg, who played together in Cajun Dance Party. Blumberg has since gone on to release two excellent quasi-experimental solo albums, while Bloom’s solo work offers a similar feel of meditative introspection tied to a more traditional singer-songwriter style. The title track of his debut album opens with a plaintiff riff on piano before boosting into something more substantial as Bloom, working solo, delivers a full band sound. He finds a Teenage Fanclub-style melancholic charm on songs like “America”, “How Can I Love You” and the excellent “Palindromes”, while “All The Same” and “Twenty- Two” head into heavier territory.