Unreal

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AlbumJul 09 / 20136 songs, 45m 31s
Indie Rock
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6.7 / 10

The ex-Yuck frontman Daniel Blumberg's first album as Hebronix is a hangover/breakup record produced by Royal Trux’s Neil Hagerty. Unreal features frazzled, fuzz-flecked guitar tones and marathon track lengths and comes off as decidedly less wholesome than any of Blumberg’s previous work.

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Clocking in at over seven minutes, “Rubber” is by far the longest song on Yuck’s self-titled 2011 debut. The slow, plodding track is also a compelling change of pace from the more caffeinated slacker-pop that surrounds it. Since making that album, singer-guitarist Daniel Blumberg has left Yuck—which is attempting to…

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One-time Yuck frontman Daniel Blumberg's solo debut is a labyrinthine effort you'll find almost impossible to not get lost in.

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Back in April, a Facebook post from the band Yuck announced that frontman Daniel Blumberg had left the British '90s-rock…

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7 / 10

Clash reviews 'Unreal', the new album from Hebronix

Unreal achieves a kind of weightless beauty above and beyond anything else in Blumberg’s repertoire.

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Daniel Blumberg is still in no danger of making mainstream impact but his mini-album has a lovely, dreamy energy, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>

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