ARTIST: Youthmovies
TITLE: Good Nature
LABEL: Drowned In Sound Recordings
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 202kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 00m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-03-17
RIP DATE: 2008-08-19
Track List
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1. Magdalen Bridge 6:45
2. Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor 4:45
3. Soandso And Soandso 8:11
4. Last Night Of The Proms 4:39
5. Cannula 3:29
6. If You'd Seen A Battlefield 7:23
7. Shh You'll Wake It 5:10
8. Something For The Ghosts 8:58
9. Archive It Everywhere 5:53
10. Surtsey 5:35
Release Notes:
Youthmovies, formerly Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies have been around in one
form or another for some time; their first single being released way back in
2003. However the release of Good Nature, their first full-length album, is
timely as their links to the `band of the moment' Foals (Youthmovies singer and
guitarist Andrew Mears was a founding member of Foals) and their accomplished
live appearances have raised their profile considerably in recent months.
Good Nature comprises ten tracks over 60 minutes and in many ways further
develops the sound of previous 2005 mini-album `Hurrah! Another Year...'.
Elements of metal, jazz, punk and pop are blended in a way that is quite unique.
Some tracks are relatively straightforward; lead single The Naughtiest Girl Is A
Monitor for example, whilst others are far more `off-kilter' and (whisper it)
progressive; music this dense really requires repeated listens for the complex
melodies and hooks to emerge. The addition of Sam Scott on brass has allowed for
a noticeably more ambitious sound and song structure.
Youthmovies rightly have a reputation as a compelling live act; fans will
recognise much of this material as it has been played and refined live over
considerable time; many of the tracks selected for Good Nature have appeared in
radically different forms on the three volumes of `Homeless Musics' previously
available as CD-Rs at their gigs.
Youthmovies' eclecticism is reflected in the array of bands they've toured and
collaborated with; 65daysofstatic, Foals, Dead Meadow, Adam Gnade (with whom
they released the intriguing `Honey Slides' mini-album in 2007), Hope Of The
States, and íForward, Russia! amongst others. Ant Theaker, former guitarist with
the now defunct Hope of the States produced the album, whilst it was engineered
by the god-like genius that is Bob Weston.