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Youthmovies
Oxford-based prog-punks Youthmovies - formerly Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies - is (2007 model):
Al English (guitar/vocals)
Graeme Murray (drums/vocals)
Stephen Hammond (bass/keys)
Andrew Mears (vocals/guitar)
Sam Scott (trumpet/flugelhorn/organ)
In their younger days Youthmovies (MySpace here) liked nothing better than getting their chests out at shows. Mmmm. They have since realised that too much flesh can be a bad thing. Truth.
The roots of the band were laid in 2002; Hope of the States' Simon Jones was initially brought in on drums, replaced by Graeme in 2004. Trumpet player Sam Scott, also of Jonquil, joined full-time in 2006.
Some people wrote some things..."Youthmovies take you on a musical journey like no other, taking elements of DC hardcore and wrapping it in the shimmering glow of bands like Do Make Say Think. They are true believers in the power of music - not as a commodity, but as a way of truly stirring the soul. Amazing stuff." - Rocksound
"Youthmovies are clever, original - and sadistically unpredictable." - Kerrang!
"Youthmovies sound like absolutely bugger-all else out there... No band in the world comes close to matching their thirst for the deranged; nobody can hold a torch to their genre-splicing glory. Prefixes come and go in their world - post, prog, whatever - but none stick. Only one simple word can successfully clamp itself to this eight-legged beast of a band as it sprints into previously unexplored musical territories: brilliant." - DrownedinSound.com
"Like a post-hardcore brainstorming session on where music should go next." - Steve Lamacq
"A genuinely scary art-metal racket." - The Independent
Video - 'The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor':
New single 'Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor', available on 7" and digital download, released March 3 on Drowned in Sound Recordings.
News
- 09/10/2008: New Site News: One week on, what works, what's still to come...
- 03/10/2008: Ne'rmind the old site, welcome to the new one…
- 13/08/2008: In the studio: Youthmovies promise "country and calypso"
- 07/08/2008: Youthmovies confirm November tour dates
- 16/04/2008: Youthmovie soundtrack strategies: band perform live for Juno girl's new film
- 09/04/2008: Watch: Youthmovies live on Channel M
- 09/04/2008: DiS @ Summer Sundae: find out which of the new additions will be on our stage
- 02/04/2008: Youthmovies: Tired Irie replaced by House of Brothers for tomorrow's London show
- 24/03/2008: Chart round-up: bite-size Bank Holiday edition
- 17/03/2008: Youthmovies: ICA show news, plus WIN records for words
Features
- 26/08/2008: Foals: on the past, the present, and the surf-rock future
- 14/08/2008: Summer Sundae Weekender: DiS's highlights
- 12/08/2008: In Photos: DiS Stage @ Summer Sundae Weekender
- 31/07/2008: Summer Sundae 2008: the DiS (stage) preview
- 23/07/2008: Truck 2008: DiS's Festival Diary
- 18/07/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: who should make the Mercury shortlist?
- 17/07/2008: Truck Festival 2008: the DiS preview
- 26/06/2008: A novel exclusive: read an extract from Adam Gnade's new book
- 19/06/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: 2008's greatest albums, so far
- 23/04/2008: In Photos special: The Camden Crawl 2008
Upcoming events
- Mon 10 Nov at Cambridge The Portland Arms with Adam Gnade, The Tupolev Ghost
- Fri 14 Nov at Derby The Royal with Adam Gnade, You Animals
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