Yob: Song by Song is a series of articles that examines each and every Yob song in chronological manner. This one is on In Reverie, the third track of their eighth album, Our Raw Heart.
By itself, In Reverie is not a track that stands out. At nine minutes and 43 seconds long, and at one speed throughout, it is the generic track that each Yob album seems to have one of.
It’s not bad, but I wouldn’t play this to someone if I wanted to excite them about the idea of Yob – after a murky bass intro, it explodes into a riff, slow, sad and thick, and that’s about as exciting as it gets for the next ten minutes. Yob’s propensity to stay with ideas for a long time doesn’t really deliver here.
To be fair, you couldn’t squeeze a piece of paper sideways in between bassist Aaron Rieseberg and drummer Travis Foster, and if you’re willing to go with the flow, you can just sink into this track. In some ways it’s the doom of St Vitus – no frills. I did also get some early Black Sabbath vibes with the horror setting turned up to 10, but whereas Sabbath tended to develop their longer songs, there’s none of that frippery here.
Next track: Lungs Reach
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