|
Review Navigator   FeaturesContestsReviews
| Youth GroupSkeleton Jar2005 Epitaph 
 Review by: Tim-PunkInternational See others by this writer Youth Group (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on June 24th 2005
It's pretty typical now on the front cover of a new CD to find a quote from a magazine or some sort of relevant person who hyped the band's music to the record label's liking. Youth Group's Epitaph debut Skeleton Jar has such a sticker, but since I see so many of these stickers between my job at a CD store and this here CD review pile, I didn't even notice it. I put the CD on, and thought to myself, "this sounds like Death Cab For Cutie." So far, so good. Well, today I sit down to review the CD, and I begin taking a closer look at the liner notes and so on. Jumping out at me is the sticker on the front cover, a quote from none other than Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie telling me that if I don't love Youth Group, my heart is dead.
Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
i just knew them through the oc where they covered alphaville's forever young, and they did a LOT more better i think. i also listen to death cab but i don't particularly like their album so i can't wait to have this cd and see how the other songs fared. That's wierd I don't like Death Cab but I love this Youth Group cd. The Weakerthans are pretty much my favorite band though so maybe that connection is accurate though I don't see it myself. I originally only thought the cd was just alright but it gets better everytime I listen to it. Everytime I listen to the cd a new line gets stuck in my head. Right now I keep hearing "and I catch the train stand side-by-side why don't the buildings cry?" Youth Group aren't second rate Death Cab, they aren't second rate anything. Anybody who's ever hear heard a Death Cab record would realize this is obvious. Youth Group are a first rate original band with depth and substance and Skeleton Jar is a fucking masterpiece. "What feels wrong about all this is the fact that Epitaph bands are usually the standard-setters." "The Larry Arms need no review. But it's really good. I love the lyrics to "Old Meixco Way"." I want to like it, but this record is really boring. Maybe I'll feel differently in a couple of months but right now I'm feeling sleepy. Where's the fuckin' Larry Arms review? I like Shadowland, but I'm still undecided about the rest. On a side note, has anybody else noticed that the fourth song's bass line, drumming and the way toby delivers the lyrics sounds very similar to the Vendetta Red song "Shatterday" i would take the first 6 songs on this cd against anything else this year, but the second half just isn't as stellar. Still a great cd though Where's the review of new Turbonegro and Death By Stereo? Awesome if you're into this sound. Otherwise stay way, way, way away. I think some songs have almost a depressed Limbeck fell to them also. This is one of the best albums I've heard this year though. Brilliant.... If you like james in any way, get this-oldpunker- interested in hearing this, but i was a little put off that if id didnt like it my heart was dead. That kind of ultimatum reviewing/promotion is a BIG turn off. Bad tact. The reviewer has his head up his ass. Youth Group are in no way second class. This record is a fucking masterpiece. Best album of the year so far. I never get tired of it. Hmm, I hate Death Cab but like this album pretty much. Different strokes I suppose. there are worse bands to immitate than the weakerthans and death cab. i'm going to have to hear this. Man I almost judged a book by it's cover. I had avoided listening to this until I read this review because of the bad artwork. I just listened to two mp3s and damn were they good. Where's the fuckin' Larry Arms review? |
