Hackneyed and Not Hackneyed
First things first, perennial new faves Yee Loi have a new EP out, Make Some Noise , which interestingly is not available on bandcamp, but can be had on iTunes, something called openstage with which I am not familiar, and listened to on Spotify. In any case, its something of a landmark, being their first pro studio recordings. By way of confession I'll note that I think the productions a little overdone on the vocals and would have preferred a slightly dirtier sound. The songs are all good but none of them is a knockout like "31 Flavours". On the other hand, it shows off their growth and progression, and chops, making this a more than worthwhile release, and one hopes for many more. My favorite of their most recent releases have been their acoustic take on the Ramones' "Don't Come Close" and a punked-up cover of Olivia Rodrigo's "Bad Idea" - I have no idea if the latter was intended as a joke or they really like the song (which isn'