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The recent You Me At Six single release of ‘Underdog’
saw me totally change my opinion on the band as
song was such a big sing-a-long mature sounding
song which totally stood out and rocked compared
to all the bands previous material which I have
never been able to get on with, I have since listened
to the band’s new album ‘Hold Me Down’
over and over again and have realised that You Me
At Six have now grown into men and the release of
‘Hold Me Down’ is going to take them
far.
The album opens with ‘The Consequence’
a big rocking song which features massive drum
beats, big old guitar riffs and front man Josh
Franceschi showing off his new loud and forceful
vocals, the song is a big tub-thumper of a tune,
the big pop punk feel of their previous material
is gone but the song still happens to run on a
catchy nature which is over run by the big instrumental
work.
The next song on the album is the bands current
single ‘Underdog’ now I’m sure
that every single one of you would have heard
this song by now and made up your own opinion
on it, for me I love the song as it perfectly
shows how You Me At Six have grown up and developed
a bigger and mature sound.
The best moments of the album come in towards
the middle for example ‘Take Your Breath
Away’ is an fantastic song that starts off
slow paced but suddenly takes you on a big melodic
journey with ever so catchy lyrics that you will
be singing along to in no time at all, and whilst
singing along to the song’s catchy nature
you will find yourself tapping along to the big
instrumental work.
Next up you have ‘Liquid Confidence’
the song is a big song that sounds more American
than it does English and it sounds more like the
general feel and vibe of Theory Of A Dead Man
than it does You Me At Six, seriously you need
to give the song a listen to understand what I
mean, the song however is big and fun sounding
and will be one of the tracks on the album that
you will find yourself revisiting time and time
again.
‘Hard To Swallow’ is another song
that is done in the same way that ‘Liquid
Confidence’ is but stands out so much more
due to due to the way that Josh’s vocals
fire off from the start and take you on one of
the biggest melodic journeys of your life, the
song is a big radio friendly song which is bound
to be a future single release and also become
a fan favourite in time.
‘Fireworks’ closes the album and
it reminds me very much of Brand New due to the
slow nature and pace of the song right down to
the chilled out vocals from Josh.
With ‘Hold Me Down’ You Me At Six
have got everything spot on from the production
which is a killer this time around compared to
the iffy production on their debut, they have
also clearly spent a lot of spare time jamming
as the riff’s and general instrumental work
on ‘Hold Me Down’ is much bigger,
heavier and fits together so much better than
it did on their debut and as for Josh’s
vocals he has now found his true potential with
his newly found mature vocals.
I feel a lot of the hardcore You Me At Six fans
are going to be shocked with ‘Hold Me Down’
to start with but after they have gave it time
and enough listens they will start to love it
and realise the true potential of the album, many
haters of the band who happen to listen to the
album will also start to realise that You Me At
Six aren’t that bad after all and just for
these simple reasons 2010 could be the year that
You Me At Six start to headline and sell out arenas
on their own.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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1. The Consequence
2. Underdog
3. Playing The Blame Game
4. Stay With Me
5. Safer To Hate Her
6. Take Your Breath Away
7. Liquid Confidence
8. Hard To Swallow
9. Contagious Chemistry
10. There's No Such Thing As Accidental Infidelity
11. Trophy Eyes
12. Fireworks |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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