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Young Fresh Fellows
I Think This is

Yep Roc (2009) Sean K.

Young Fresh Fellows – I Think This is cover artwork
Young Fresh Fellows – I Think This is — Yep Roc, 2009

I love the PR insert that is included with this one. "First new album in 66 years! Produced by Robyn Hitchcock! No 'special guests' (except Robyn and Peter Buck) Includes 3 DIFFERENT-SIZED helmets." I'm still looking for my helmets, but I know it hasn't been quite that long since the last Young Fresh Fellows record. Scott McCaughey hasn't lost his way with lyrics, right off the bat he pulled me in with a line from "The Guilty Ones" - " got ice in the freezer-not everybody does." "Betty Let the Good Times Crawl" sounds like a Nuggets-era rave-up. "Your Mexican Restaurant" is so spicy I think I need to go get a burrito. The record ends with "Ballad of the Bootleg," which features some cool references to Chris Mars. And that seals the deal for me. A solid effort from Young Fresh Fellows, there may be nothing quite as earth shattering as "The Girls are Here," but its still miles above a lot of other releases out right now.

8.0 / 10Sean K. • December 16, 2009

Young Fresh Fellows – I Think This is cover artwork
Young Fresh Fellows – I Think This is — Yep Roc, 2009

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