The Underground Youth
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 The Underground Youth performing in Warsaw, Poland 2018. Craig Dyer in the front. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Manchester, United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Fuzz Club Records |
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| Website | www |
The Underground Youth is a British post-punk band from Manchester, currently based in Berlin.
History
editThe Underground Youth was founded in 2008 as a solo project of singer, guitarist, and songwriter Craig Dyer. Dyer first published his music on the internet in 2009. The first albums were available for free via the online music service Bandcamp. In addition, he underlaid film scenes (Permanent Vacation, Persona, Vinyl etc.) with his music and uploaded these videos to his Youtube channel[1]. This was met with great interest and The Underground Youth gained a worldwide fanbase. In 2012, Dyer gathered a full band including his wife and artist Olya Dyer on the drums[2]. The band first teamed up with the indie label Flower Power Records and beginning with the release of the album The Perfect Enemy for God switched to the label Fuzz Club Records. Since 2012 The Underground Youth has toured Europe as well as China several times[3]. Due to their increasing popularity, the first releases of their early LPs were sold out and have since been re-released. The band originally comes from Manchester, but is currently based in Berlin. In the meantime, Craig and Olya Dyer have also lived in St. Petersburg.
Style
editThe Underground Youth plays mainly dark post-punk infused with Shoegaze and Psychedelic Rock[4]. The songs are often moody and raw, carried by catchy melodies that sometimes degenerate into a wall of sound. Many of the songs feature no choruses in order to amplify the lyrics with the musical atmosphere alone. While the first two albums Morally Barren and Voltage are still in the Lo-Fi psychedelic style, the albums Mademoiselle and Sadovaya form the basis of the band's current sound. The band not uses music only as a medium of expression, but also consciously uses other media to convey their message. In addition to using film scenes in video clips and on record covers, since 2010 the band have increasingly produced their own music videos and pictures, many of which were designed by Olya Dyer[5]. The album A Lo-Fi Cinematic Landscape in particular illustrates the close connection that Craig Dyer sees between music and film. In addition to musicians such as Bob Dylan, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Cure, The Soft Moon, Lebanon Hanover, Velvet Underground and Cocteau Twins[6] and the film, Dyer also mentions Russian literature and poetry as a major influence on his music[4].
Discography
edit- Morally Barren (2009)
- Voltage (2009)
- Mademoiselle (2010)
- Sadovaya (2010)
- Delirium (2011)
- Low Slow Needle (2011)
- The Perfect Enemy for God (2013)
- A Lo-Fi Cinematic Landscape (2015)
- Haunted (2015)
- What Kind of Dystopian Hellhole Is This? (2017)
- Montage Images of Lust & Fear (2019)
References
edit- ^ "Craig Dyer". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ "The Underground Youth". Fuzz Club. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ "The Underground Youth Concert Map | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ a b Shoegaze, When The Sun Hits-All Things (2013-07-18). "Your resource for all things shoegaze and dream pop: Interview: Craig Dyer of The Underground Youth". Your resource for all things shoegaze and dream pop. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ "The Provocative Art of Olya Dyer". Fuzz Club. 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ "Craig Dyer and The Underground Youth". Monster Children. 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
External links
editThe Underground Youth at Bandcamp