Sep. 10, 2008 - Issue #673: Sex in the City 2008

New Sounds - Young Rival

Young Rival 
Young Rival
(Independent)

For a band from Hamilton, it’s amazing how British Young Rival sounds—it’s like an amalgam of a lot of British trends form the last 50 years or so. Alternating between the sounds of shoegaze, britpop, the rollicking cacophony of bands like the Libertines and with a jangly hint of the Beatles deep within, the band is indebted to the island that has invaded our shores one time for real, and all those other times with its music. It works to a great degree—but it’s just kind of the same old same old, y’knowwhatimsayin? It’d be great for some ambient music when you want to relax, and I’m sure their live show is an interesting place to take a date, but I’m underwhelmed. V

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