 
You Me At Six are back with their fourth studio
album ‘Cavalier Youth’ and this time
around there has been a longer wait for the album
compared to the wait between their previous album
releases but there is a good reason for this as
after the bands headline show at Wembley Arena
back in 2012 they stepped out of the limelight
and took a long time thinking about their future
and which direction they wanted to go with album
number 4 and now after listening to ‘Cavalier
Youth’ it is safe to say that You Me At
Six have their sights on a future of headlining
arenas across the country and quite possible the
world.
‘Cavalier Youth’ has well been worth
the wait the album shows a more rock orientated
side of the band and also a more mature side of
the band and if you happen to listen to the album
straight after listening to their debut album
‘Take Off Your Colours’ you will be
left wondering if this is the same band as the
immature pop songs of getting laid are long gone
and more riff driven stadium rock numbers are
in place.
The album opens with ‘Too Young To Feel
This Old’ with Dan flints big drum beats
and a general catchy vibe with Josh Franceschi
going straight into his vocals of “We’re
not young anymore, what you so scared of? Is it
being alone when we no longer have the sun? I
don’t need easy if beautiful means being
none. I will look in with my eyes closed. Now
I know I’ve found the one” showing
that the band live up to the fact that they are
growing up and conquer the theme of the song in
a mature and slow paced way.
The singles ‘Lived A Lie’ and ‘Fresh
Start Fever’ are featured back to back on
the album and both songs are such a joy to listen
to as between them they feature massive stadium
sized instrumental work with epic guitar riffs,
marching band style drumming in places and chant-a-long
backing vocals which comes across pretty much
as strong as the lead vocals from Josh Franceschi
whilst showing off the amazing song writing skills
the band have mastered and perfected over the
last couple of years.
The likes of ‘Forgive And Forget’,
‘Room To Breathe’, ‘Cold Night’,
‘Hope For The Best’ and ‘Be
Who You Are’ see the band take their song
writing to the next level as throughout these
songs there is everything on offer from catchy
moments, serious moments and even a really short
track which is very dreamy sounding yet just as
listenable as the rest of the tracks on the album.
The currently released singles are easily the
best tracks on the album but ‘Carpe Diem’
is not far behind and a song which I can see being
released as a future single the song has the vibe
of a summer anthem which I can see going down
extremely well at the summers festivals when the
beer is flowing and the sun is setting.
The album comes to a close with the sleepy sounding
‘Wild Ones’, the song is very simple
sounding where everything from the drums to the
guitars have been toned down whilst the main focus
is on Josh Franceschi’s vocals which are
beautiful throughout and closes the album in such
a perfect way with the lyrics of “Are we
gonna live forever” going around on a loop
fading out to the music.
Ever since the release of ‘Lived a Lie’
and ‘Fresh Start Fever’ the fans has
been waiting patiently for the release of ‘Cavalier
Youth’ and now the album has finally been
released I can see it going down a storm with
fans of the band and at the same time I can see
You Me At Six attracting a whole new fan base
who may have wrote the band off in the early days.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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