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That said, I did own up to anti-MBV tendancies in the review of Rob da Bank’s Shoegazing compilation, Sci-Fi-Lo-Fi Vol. 3 (Shoegazing 1985 - 2007) quickly followed by the equally excellent Sonic Cathedral compilation Cathedral Classics at the same time as Carlos Niño is sending us some ‘pyschedelic cosmic love from California’ (The Beatles, The Doors and all that pop-psych from the 60’s and then we got the latest single from Yppah with the brilliant Gumball Machine Weekend EP!

That was so good I must admit I hoped new album by Joe Corrales, Jr. aka Yppah (pronounced “Yippah”). It’s been a long wait since the Mexican-American from Texas debuted on Ninja Tune in 2006 with his album You Are Beautiful At all Times, but as you’ve guest he’s developed a rockier sound for They Know What Ghost Know.

And there’s some killer tracks on it like the title track, the dreamy broken ‘Southern Sky Tells All’, the still impressive ‘Shutter Speed’ (that was on the EP) and the opener ‘Son Saves The Rest’ that’s a “wall-of-noise guitar pummeller”.

Did someone mention hip-hop? Well, it’s there but well warped as in ‘The Tingling’ and ‘Bobbie Joe Wilson’ that’s got DJ Shadow tendencies but if you want the full-on MBV ‘tribute’, it’s the mufled twang of ‘Sun Flower Sun Kissed’ and the semi-trash of ‘City Glow’.

My current favourites are ‘Playing With Fireworks’ (including seagull squarks!) and the indo-prog rock of ‘The Moon Scene 7’ (Wow!) and streetscape ‘A Parking Lot Carnival’.

The Ninja Tune guys are big on this one, “After a series of shows last year from SXSW to Japan, there’s a real feeling that Joe Corrales is ready to step up into the big league. The album has that feel to it - that it has been made under huge skies, that it’s possible to make music which is epic and intimate all at once. It’s beguiling and beautiful and makes you a little giddy, too. Find out what Ghost know”. I know they know a star when they hear one.

Reviewed: Yppah - They Know What Ghost Know (Ninja Tune) Cat. No: ZENCD147 Release date: 18th May 2009
Tracklisting:
1 Son Saves The Rest (3:58)
2 Gumball Machine Weekend (4:00)
3 Playing With Fireworks (4:13)
4 Shutter Speed (3:51) [featuring Adriana Corrules & Thomas Sutherland]
5 The Moon Scene 7 (4:38)
6 They Know What Ghost Know (4:48)
7 City Glow (4:15)
8 Sun Flower Sun Kissed (3:51)
9 The Tingling (3:48)
10 Bobbie Joe Wilson (3:32) [Additional production by B. Hinojosa]
11 A Parking Lot Carnival (4:09)
12 Southern Sky Tells All (4:20)

Links:
www.myspace.com/yppah
http://yppah.imeem.com
www.ninjatune.net
www.randycaliforniaandspirit.com
www.johncipollina.com