Yolk

From the moment of their inception in upstate New York in the early '90s, Yolk's sound always delivered a harder edge than their jam band peers. After recording three self-released albums, various lineup changes spelled the end of the band as a full-time entity. Yolk was founded in 1992 as a result of the stagnancy of the music scene at SUNY Binghamton, where the band attended school. The septet's blend of sinewy rock melodies, jazzy horn charts, propulsive funk rhythms, and politically charged lyrics sent the music in a direction that would be explored by bands like Rage Agai...