YOUTH MAN – ‘Hill of Knives’ EP for review (released 27th April)
“The next hype!” – Zane Lowe, BBC Radio One
“UK kids tinkering with the ill-angled tantrums of LA, DC and San Diego Punk” – Rolling Stone Mag
“Five tracks of raw and reckless thrills that embody riot grrl passion” – NME
“Seismic…a euphoric, helter-skelter track”– Clash Magazine
“We love Youth Man, they’re keeping the spirit of punk alive” – Artrocker
“A band with the potential to break out and become rock-music megastars”- Drowned In Sound
“This is the kind of music you want to beat your friends up to” – DI
‘Hill of Knives’ – The New EP Released 27th April 2015
Birmingham punk trio Youth Man are pleased to announce that their new EP ‘Hill of Knives’ will be released on 27th April 2015 and will be available to purchase via bandcamp. The band have also revealed an extensive string of UK headline dates throughout May and June in support of the release.
The first track to be taken from the new EP, ‘Skin’, is already picking up support from BBCR1 scoring plays from Daniel P Carter and Zane Lowe. You can now watch the video for ‘Skin’ after it’s premiere with AltPress – the track is available to download for free here:
The single is the latest in a drip-feed of new material from ‘Hill of Knives’. Previously, their critically acclaimed early 2014 EP ‘Bad Weather’ combined with an explosive live show to catapult them into the sights of the music press, with Rolling Stone Magazine recently hailing them as one of “10 New Artists You Need To Know”.
“We believe in making honest music and do not care about what anybody else is doing” say the band about their approach to punk “We do not care about what we are told we should sound like. Substance comes before style and anybody who thinks that their outfit or image is more important than the music they make is unworthy of being taken seriously.”
“Music should not always be easy to listen to. Music is expressive and dynamic. It should be loud and quiet, pleasant and unpleasant. Music should not have to fall into a precise category in order to be accepted. We recorded this EP in October 2014 with our friend Isaac Cartwright at Muthers Studio in Birmingham. The songs are about Tyranny, the hypocrisy of the West, isolation, the human experience, and the largest organ in the human body.”
Hill of Knives EP track list:
1. Skin
2. Joy
3. Always The Same
4. Auto-da-Fé
5. Dead Weight
UK Tour Dates:
18-April-15 Birmingham @ The Sunflower Lounge (EP release show)
21-April-15 London @ The Stillery (EP release show)
14-May-15 Norwich @ Waterfront (with Seaford Mods)
15-May-15 York @ Basement
16-May-15 Glasgow @ Stereo
20-May-15 Leicester @ The Musician
21-May-15 Winchester @ The Railway
27-May-15 Nottingham @ Rock City Basement
28-May-15 Bath @ Moles
29-May-15 Doncaster @ The Leopard
30-May-15 Milton Keynes @ Craufurd Arms
04-Jun-15 Hull @ Fruit
05-Jun-15 Wakefield @ The Hop
06-Jun-15 Stoke @ Sugarmill
10-Jun-15 Guildford @ Boilerroom
11-Jun-15 Exeter @ Cavern
12-Jun-15 Southampton @ Joiners
13-Jun-15 Brighton @ Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar
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