YESTERDAY THE BEST GROUP OUT OF LIMERICK SINCE THE CRANBERRIES RELEASED A NEW VIDEO FOR THEIR INDIETASTIC GOOD SONG THE OTHERS. AS FAR AS I'M AWARE IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BAND THAT RELEASED THE SONG THIS IS FOR THE POOR SOMETIME IN THE EARLY NOUGHTIES, WHICH AT THE TIME SEEMED TO HAVE SOMETHING, BUT IN HINDSIGHT WAS PRETTY RUBBISH WASN'T IT? THE NME TRIED TO CLAIM THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WAS GOOD BUT THEY LIED. I BLAME THE LIBERTINES AND ALL THE DRUGS THAT THAT SCENE TOOK. BUT I DIGRESS. THE OTHERS IS ONE OF whenyoung's BEST TRACKS TO DATE. BUT WHY OH WHY DOES THE BAND WRITE THEIR WHOLE NAME IN LOWER CASE LETTERS? IT MAKES THEM SEEM SOMEHOW SMALL AND INSIGNIFICANT - WHICH THEIR SONGS AREN’T. THERE’S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM COMING ON MAY 24TH WHEN THEY RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM REASONS TO DREAM. MAYBE THE SONG TITLES WILL ALL BE IN CAPITALS FOR CONTRAST? BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC ISN'T IT? TIME TO START SHOUTING ABOUT THEM. WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE OTHERS BELOW AND DON'T BE LIKE THE OLD PEOPLE FEATURED. AND DON'T BOTHER WITH THE OTHER OTHERS. THEIR MUSIC WAS A RAMSHACKLE TURD. whenyoung - THE OTHERS
Limerick bred but London based three-piece Whenyoung first cropped up on a number of blogs and websites back in 2016 but since then their output has been pretty sparse with just a handful of songs to their name. Their traditional indie rock sound of guitars, drums, bass and razor-sharp vocals may not win any awards for originality but the strength of their songs and fearsome delivery has already gained a very positive response. Following on from tours with Superfood and Public Access TV their latest release, Pretty Pure ramps things up further. It is already their most successful output to date and now there’s a video to accompany the track. The film takes the angle of looking at purity being the equivalent of freedom. Starting with lead vocalist Aoife Power outside a church in a white gown, symbolising conventional purity, it takes her on a journey which ends with her escaping and finding freedom in the sea - another form of pureness. It looks like it’s going to be a busy year for Whenyoung with support slots with The Vaccines (alongside Breaking More Waves favourites Dream Wife), Peace plus a whole bunch of festival bookings including Latitude, Y-Not, Kendal Calling and Great Escape. These live shows should help cement the band’s growing live reputation and as 2018 progresses it looks almost certain that you’ll be hearing a lot more from them. Whenyoung - Pretty Pure
