The Underground Youth share new single “For You Are the One
The Underground Youth
share new single & video
“For You Are The One”
from new album
The Falling
out March 12th
via Fuzz Club Records
The Underground Youth, Manchester-born, Berlin-based group led by Craig Dyer – are today sharing “For You Are The One”, the latest single to be lifted from their forthcoming album, The Falling due out 12th March on Fuzz Club Records. Their new record sees the band trade their visceral post-punk melancholy for a more refined and stripped-back sound that, instead, enters the world of romantic, shadowy folk-noir.
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A marked departure from the primal intensity often heard on the band’s previous work, The Falling showcases a softer, more cinematic musical landscape, one shaped by acoustic guitars, piano, accordion and a heavy presence of violin and string arrangements. Talking about “For You Are The One”, Craig says: “I wanted this bouncing, drunken, upbeat track for the record, something unlike anything I’d written before. The addition of the violin to the album really enhanced each and every track, but for me this one stands out as the song most affected by this change in sound.”
With nine full-lengths behind them since their formation in 2008, the band has acquired a dedicated, cult-like global following (the Mademoiselle album, for example, reaching 7million views on YouTube). Off the back of their last album, Montage Images of Lust & Fear, The Underground Youth set off on a 50+ date European tour, their first run of shows around Asia and were also in the middle of their first USA/Canada tour when Covid-19 hit, sadly cutting it short.
With the original plans of heading into the studio upon their return from their US tour grinding to a halt – the tour cancelled midway through and followed by months of isolation in their Berlin apartments – the album is very much a product of the distressing and unfamiliar world we now find ourselves in. As a result of the pandemic, The Falling was recorded between Craig and guitarist/ producer Leo Kaage’s apartments-turned-home-studios (also in the band is Craig’s wife, the artist Olya Dyer, and Max James, who formerly played in Johnny Marr’s live band): “The album sees me going back to my writing approach from our earliest records, writing the demos as stripped back acoustic tracks at home. What started out as a set of romantic and deeply personal songs also took on the surrounding frustrations and feelings towards the situation we found ourselves in. Born from the heartbreak of how the worldwide pandemic has changed the industry we were thriving within, this album also functions as a love letter to the past.”Last December, the band released their first single, “A Sorrowful Race”
Photo credit: Miriam Marlene Waldner
PRAISE FOR THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH
“[The Underground Youth] are cult heroes.” Clash Magazine “Swarming gothic rock… [Montage Images of Lust and Fear] really ups the melodramatic elements of their sound.” The Quietus “Moodily romantic songs caught between yearning and melancholy.” Bandcamp Daily “One of the best post-punk bands currently touring.” Gigwise “Post-punk intensity never sounded so supernatural.” Louder Than War“Manchester born and now based in Berlin, they have the influence of two cities whose music scene is revered around the world, the chemistry to seamlessly move towards a darker sound of film noir, and the ability to capture a snapshot of the current isolation we’re all experiencing.” Breaking Glass Magazine“This is one of remorse, jealousy and the relativity of success – it’s as honest as it is heartbreaking. In an age where self-comparison is near impossible to avoid, this Berlin group has tapped into something brutal and true.” Rodeo Magazine“A heart-stopping pearl straight from the soul. An emotive tour de force. A spellbinding experience.” Turn Up The Volume
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