I said two months ago that I would review Yungblud’s new album, the underrated youth. In the end, I don’t feel the need to do a full review, since the album is only 18 minutes long and most songs were already released as singles. The only song I can really talk about is “braindead!“, the first on the album.
In this song, I can hear many influences from other artists or bands that I like. For example, the kind of distorted sonority reminds me a lot about Radiohead. The pissed off, bratty voice singing a satire on censorship reminds me of Rage Against the Machine―though it could simply be punk rock in general. Just like “Machine Gun” from his previous album, the lyrics are pretty repetitive and simple, but if you listen carefully, you can without a doubt get the deeper meaning. Yes, this is edgy or emo music, but the man manages to push the genre forward, so why not ?
Talking about emerging artists, I remember discovering Boy Pablo, a small, literally-the-definition-of-indie band from Norway. Their song “Everytime” was recommended to me on YouTube, like for many other people, by the broken algorithm; this event, happening over the course of a week or two for many users, launched their career. Then, they went on tour across Europe. It’s not like I’m mad about it but… how lucky were they ? And how lucky was I ? Now I love this band and it’s always really relaxing to listen to… if crying over sad songs is considered relaxing, that is.
Happy accidents of the sort, as Bob Ross would say, happen to me about once a month: sometimes I play an album on Spotify, and when it reaches the end―that usually means that I’m struggling with an assignment―it auto-plays a random song of the same genre. It could be a marketing scheme by the company, but this way, I did discover a few songs and artists that I like. I got into indie music by accident, which turned me into somewhat of a music snob.
I’m not gonna complain about it, though.
– Jérémy Lefebvre
References:
“braindead!”, by Yungblud. Listen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SFZjFCMrdWI
“Everytime”, by Boy Pablo. Listen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Lzi7ljJiLJQ
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