Young Knives: Superabundance

Young Knives
Superabundance
Rykodisc [2008]







Fire Note Says: If you are into the Brit Pop - you will be into the Young Knives!

Album Review:
Superabundance is the second full-length album and follow-up to 2006's Voices Of Animals And Men from the Young Knives. Voices of Animals was not released in the states until February 2007, so Superabundance is really the bands first album to get a true push here in the States. New fans to the band will instantly recognize them as a UK band with their bouncy swagger and their snappy Brit Pop vibe that draws you in and retains your interest. If you have a wide musical palate and have heard of the Young Knives, you will recognize that Superabundance is a much bigger and concentrated record than anything they have done yet. It has loads of layered guitars, harmonic vocals and an orchestrated feel to it that includes an array of instruments, such as piping trumpets, which help achieve this expansive sound. Lyrically the Young Knives stay the course of having a more jaded social view of England and examine its lack of care for people, its materialism and the overwhelming experience of just plain existing. This concerned focus is more direct then before, especially when the band is not in their post punk mode, which results in boosting Superabundance’s appeal and adding a real substance to the record. The jury will be out if the Young Knives can break out on this side of the sea but Superabundance should not go unnoticed, especially with all of the Brit Pop lovers that live over here (I must admit that I am one of them) plus the US version has 6 bonus tracks tacked on to it, so it is a pretty sweet deal with very low risk.

Key Tracks: "Turn Tail", "Up All Night", "Terra Firma"

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The Rumble Strips
Arctic Monkeys
The Rakes

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-Reviewed by Reece Michael