Gang of Youths Go Farther in Lightness
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LelandAB
April 8th 2021


911 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"To be wanted with truth

And make formidable love

See light in myself

That I see inside everyone else I know"



this one hits hard

kalkwiese
April 8th 2021


10398 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"Kalkwiese this album has amazing lyrics but you highlighted one of the worst lines lol"



idk, I just like it. it's a bit silly, but I always picture him singing it with a smile, if that makes sense

benkim
April 9th 2021


4813 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"idk, I just like it. it's a bit silly, but I always picture him singing it with a smile, if that makes sense:"



100%

Ashtiel
June 15th 2021


1468 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

new single due out v. soon

https://twitter.com/gangofyouths/status/1404353302825820164?s=20

JWT155
June 15th 2021


14948 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Song was very safe and I kept waiting for it to go up a notch in intensity.



Hope the rest of the record isn't them parodying this record.

kalkwiese
June 15th 2021


10398 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It's a good song, but hardly an exciting single. It may be more fitting in the album context, but it's not the best first impression

Slex
June 15th 2021


16508 Comments


I personally love it, feels like a refinement

Definitely sounds like it'll work better in context too

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 16th 2021


47584 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

unfortunately Dave really makes it sound like this is a one-off single and they're not starting an album release :/



it's a good song tho

dustandnations
June 16th 2021


371 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

What’s your source on that Rowan? The radio interview? Haven’t listened yet but that’s a bummer. They’ve been hyping the release so much it definitely seemed like the start of an album cycle?

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
June 16th 2021


47584 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

yeah the radio interview seemed pretty unambiguous:



"So this song, "the angel of 8th ave.," I started writing this about four years ago and we've done 15 versions of it. It's probably the only song that you'll hear from us from now that sounds remotely kind of what we sounded like the previous kind of six to eight years that's intriguing. I mean, part of that's by design. I think part of it just out of necessity, obviously, because Joji moved back to Sydney, started his record label and do his thing and he was actually the guy who insisted that we hire Tom. So it was kind of like he left and we're like, we have to kind of reassess how we go about making a sound and being a band and whatever."



As for when we're getting a new album, Dave said, "It's done because the caveat is nothing with me, as Tom [Hobden] has found out in the two years, nothing with me is ever done. We actually scrapped the album twice and restarted." Tom added, "It's ready when it's ready. You know, I'm not, I'm not gonna rush it."





I really hope they throw us a Let Me Be Clear-style EP in the meantime at least, if they're still making the album for the third time or whatever

LelandAB
June 16th 2021


911 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"It's probably the only song that you'll hear from us from now that sounds remotely kind of what we sounded like the previous kind of six to eight years that's intriguing. I mean, part of that's by design."



this probably means the next album is going to sound NOTHING like the first two

kalkwiese
June 17th 2021


10398 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

https://www.nme.com/news/music/gang-of-youths-on-the-angel-of-8th-ave-its-a-reflection-of-love-in-a-new-city-2970324



They lost their guitarist and that means they're sound is gonna change fundamentally. The new song was the song that sounded the most alike to their older material.

I'm open to it, but I loved their guitarwork. Finger crossed it's gonna be good

Colton
June 17th 2021


15203 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"It's probably the only song that you'll hear from us from now that sounds remotely kind of what we sounded like the previous kind of six to eight years that's intriguing.“



what a bizarre sentence

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
June 17th 2021


60229 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

was there anything remarkable about the guitarwork here? i don't remember anything that p much any stadiumhead rawk softboi couldn't step in to play

Colton
June 17th 2021


15203 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I don’t either

benkim
June 20th 2021


4813 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

There really wasn't much that stood out with the guitarwork tbh. Was a "more than the sum of its parts" thing.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
July 15th 2021


47584 Comments

Album Rating: 4.7

they just dropped a new EP pogchamp

Colton
July 15th 2021


15203 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

oh shit

kalkwiese
July 15th 2021


10398 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"There really wasn't much that stood out with the guitarwork tbh. Was a "more than the sum of its parts" thing."

Oh well. I enjoyed it though and thought it made their sound quite dynamic. Curious why they couldn't replace their player then.



So, is there gonna be an album or not?



JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
July 15th 2021


60229 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

band is the Wrens of the 20s



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