Yesterday Went Too Soon (studio album) by Feeder

Another very solid album by this underrated band, not a bad track on the album. But lacking the instant classics their other early albums have. My highlights are Dry and the title track

Not long before the houses in Devon and CD players came these chaps second outing. Often overlooked and without a status as a dud or cult classic, this album could be expected to be a throughly medicore affair. Well... that's isn't the case. This is Feeder hitting the deep end with a bang, a band with their rough edges brushing against their mellow side. 'Picture of Perfect Youth' shows a band who listened to a lot of Nirvana when starting out. 'Hold In My Head' is one of their loudest and also contaigously catchy. Something particularly noteworthy is that the shadow of their first big song 'High' hangs over this album. No 'Buck Rodgers' had come yet so the electric guitar with sympohny backing is what is sought after for the hit. The title track pulls this off spectaualy. An ode to days taken away by addiction, it feels like part 2 of 'High' where the person has taken things to far. Maybe I am looking too far into it? The album does seem very clincal though, like the music is made for hospital walls. 'Anesthetic' wandering the halls in sheets while 'Insomnia' rocks itself to an early grave. And 'Tinsel Town' that's the morgue and the swan song before twilight. So yes, this album feels like being under the scalpol. One which gets infectious guitar driven music under the skin... somehow...