Release Date: March 20th 2026. Record Label: Noisolution Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl.
Bad Milk - Tracklisting
1.Globalized Condolences 01:22
2.Falling Rocks (feat. The Red Flags) 03:29
3.Bad Milk 04:52
4.Foreshadowing 00:38
5.Dust on the Radio 04:14
6.Feeding Poison to the Spiders Was Never Really My Thing 03:39
7.Karthago 02:38
8.Honey & Sweat 03:33
9.Wobbly Wizzard 04:39
10.The Golden Cage 05:05
Review
Grunge/Stoner Rockers Yeast Machine offer their second album Bad Milk which builds upon the hard-rocking themes of their celebrated 2024 debut album SLEAZE. The record is still dominated by a heavy mix of Desert Rock, Psych Rock and Fuzz Rock attitude with that extra level of sleazy goodness that made their debut album such a delight. Yeast Machine once again still takes creative cues from the likes of FU MANCHU, QOTSA, KYUSS and ALICE IN CHAINS with a record that likes to play fast and loose with the rules of Stoner Rock in general.
Bad Milk allows the band to operate into other areas of music with strands of Punk, Garage Rock and Alt Rock. There’s a sublime Nineties quality to the whole album which fully kicks into gear very early on through the tracks of Globalized Condolences, Falling Rocks and Bad Milk. Yeast Machine develops a muscular presence with highly powerful FUZZED UP AMPLIFIERS and seedy Grunge theatrics that you can easily detect where the Alice In Chains influence comes from.
Though, that doesn’t stop the band performing their own great style of rebellious music which is outshined by superb vocals and grounded lyrics on certain sections of the album. The album can be quite low-key with Yeast Machine playing a stripped back style of music that taps into the underground realm superbly well. There’s not many progressive moments on the album with Yeast Machine fully confident in playing a great style of Stoner Rock that fuses classic themes and modern day sensibilities which perhaps come into focus more on the longer tracks contuined on the record.
Yeast Machine prove their musical and creative worth perhaps more within the second half of the album as it has the most exciting melodies and aggressive moments on the record within tracks such as Dust On The Radio, Honey & Sweat, Wobbly Wizard and The Golden Cage. Everything becomes quite darker and seedier with perhaps the “GRUNGE” aspect of Yeast Machine’s musical personality dictating the action of the rest of the album which absolutely leaves you wanting to hear more before everything is brought to a natural conclusion.
The musical performances are top-notch with the band building upon the great momentum they achieved with their debut album. The production values are handled superbly well that allows the music to grow naturally and sound super-fresh at the same time.
Bad Milk is a superb record through and through that allows Yeast Machine to prove once again what a great band the Grunge/Stoner Rock scene truly needs right now.
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to Broken Music and Noisolution for the promo..
Bad Milk is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Noisolution Records.
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