Yip-Yip

Album Discography [2001] 1 [2002] Skills [2003] High Heel to Mammals [2004] Pro-Twelve Thinker CD/LP [2006] In the Reptile House CD [2008] Two Kings of the Same Kingdom CD Trivia Yip-Yip was banned from Canada for a full year. I'm not sure what the story behind that is. Video Yip-Yip - Jazz Rat

Yip-Yip - Club Mummy

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Yip-Yip is Brian Esser and Jason Temple, based out of Orlando, Florida. Two Kings of the Same Kingdom is their sixth album, released 2/4/2008.

From the press material, it lists that this is the first time that the duo experimented with an organic saxophone and horns and video (the album comes with a DVD).

Before you get too excited about the DVD, I will have to admit it was hard for me to watch them all. They're too similar to each other and all the visuals are too ... they're extremely bright and distorted. Since it's harder to describe it, experience the video for yourself with "Jazz Rat" which is one of the songs I've enjoyed.

The problem I have is that DVD is supposed to be meant for clear pictures and sound, yet the video quality is incredibly bad. I'm not sure if this was intentional or that their source video is from a VHS recording. Just think of it this way: imagine getting a nice big HD TV and loading up a Bluray movie, only to have it display 240i video.

Don't get me wrong, I think the DVD is an added value, and I'm very happy that they've decided to include it in their release.

If their DVD video (minus all the "special effects") is any indication, I'll bet their live performance would be really fun to watch (especially with the costume and the video projections). Unfortunately, they're not going on any tour dates any time soon. I'll be sure to mention their tour dates if they are starting up again.

Suprisingly, the album flows very nicely and before you knew it, the album is at an end. Of all the tracks, I did enjoy "Jazz Rat" (as I mentioned earlier), "Sprinkle Council" (which had a great start) and "Club Mummy".

"Club Mummy" sounds very much like an 80s video, 16-bit with limited synthesized notes.

Two Kings of the Same Kingdom is out now and can be purchased at safrecords.com.

 03/01/2008 15:39:02  vu my♥posts yip-yip.com myspace.com