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THE POETRY BOOK-YOUNG MARTYRS

It seems like the more bands expand their sounds and influences, subgenres start to spawn their own subgenres. In this case the melding of shoegaze, dreampop, and coldwave has produced a field of bands labeling themselves "coldgaze". Dreamy, haunting production meets dark, detached vocals and post-punk electronics. Whatever ya call it, I'm in.

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Young Martyrs Drops Music Video For Latest Single, 'Everyone Else Disappears'

Bath-based alt-americana four-piece Young Martyrs have dropped their new single‘Everyone Else Disappears’. Forming back in 2020, Young Martyrs released their debut self-titled album that same year. Their coinciding debut headline tour saw them sell out shows throughout the UK, which led to them sharing the stage with the likes of Badly Drawn Boy, The Hooziers and McFly, as well as playing slots…

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"Never Gave You the Blues" by Young Martyrs is a banging tune. I stuck it on my 2023 playlist https://ift.tt/Iy528kq

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Madrid based icy post-rock duo The Poetry Book deliver a decadent composition - Young Martyrs- that boasts a sound that seems composed from the atmosphere of the dark sky and the flickering of the farthest stars. Haunting and atmospheric it shines with an intense light of it’s very own. This track is pulled from their sophomore, EP titled Young Martyrs that may be downloaded from their Bandcamp and purchased in physical form here!

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Hey guys, sorry for the delay.  Again, real life likes to get in the way of my virtual one.  Doesn’t matter though, because today we’re going to talk about the Poetry Book’s second EP release Young Martyrs.  With a lot more refinement, a little more darkness, and about the same amount of fuzz, we get another Dreamy, Electro vibe, but with a bit of an aggressive departure from the fuzzy Pop of their first release.

There’s a heavy prominence of drum machines this time around, which pound in an almost Darkwave way as the rest of the music seems to follow suit.  Droning wails whine over masses of static, sounding like driving, Industrial backing noise that belongs in some ‘80s Dance warehouse.  Mumbled vocals seem to drift among the fog as a sort of aural specter, following you through this haze of noise and tone.

Melody is carried in buzzy tones on guitar or synthesizer that range between grooved out, almost Psychedelic riffs to droning, ‘80s Goth noise.  This sort of dichotomy gives the music an almost Black Angels meets Bloody Knives feel, but with songs that sit at the center as well as each end of the spectrum.  The outcome is an experience that finds you moving with the music at times, while stuck in a void of contemplation at others.  It’s a great amount of variety that seems to tie everything in at the end of the day.

This EP is a prominent departure from the Pop of Poetry Book’s first release, and not an unwelcome one.  While I know I definitely have much more of an affinity for darker, more aggressive music, making this album an obvious step up in my eyes, I feel like this shows a progression on the band’s part.  They took the grooves and elegant simplicity of their first album and built upon it, creating this newer, more honed sound.  I like it, and think it’s a positive direction for the band.

The Poetry Book have proven that there are still a lot of sounds and mixtures that can be explored from Indie music of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, and throw in a solid amount of contemporary flair for good measure.  Young Martyrs makes a definite improvement in its departure, showing off a band that harbors a lot of talent and affinity for sound.  Give it a listen.