“Kill Me Now” by The Dreadful Yawns
Isn’t one of the first rules of coming up with a name for anything - be it a product or a child or a band - not to give it a name that can easily be used against it? I guess The Dreadful Yawns don’t know about that one. What they do know, however, is how to put together a solid album.
Their August 2008 LP, Take Shape, is their third album, though you might consider it their first, since there is only one member of the original lineup on it - principal songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, Ben Gmetro.
The songs on Take Shape run through many different styles. You can hear influences from Velvet Underground to Pink Floyd to Nick Drake to Sonic Youth, and while these homages are sometimes obvious, they almost always work.
“Kill Me Now” is a fast-paced, danceable, almost happy tune with lyrics that are quite the opposite.
BONUS:
If you want to hear them slow it down a bit, here’s “Catskill” - it should do the trick:
