Young Adults - 2010 Demo

Just heard of this band through Aversionline. You can click on the link to read the review that sparked my interest in the band. The band is a three piece from Allston, Massachusetts. They are currently unsigned per their myspace page, but I'm not sure how long that will last. The recording is what you would expect from a demo, but there are elements of this sound that works well with the music. The instruments tend to blend, and reverb flows throughout, but particularly with the guitar the sound is just right. The drums are flat, as you can imagine, but other bands have been driven to maintain this type of lo-fi sound (hello Times New Viking), so it works in that regard. I would imagine they bring more depth to the drums on future recordings once the money starts flowing in. I like the vocals, distant as they sound, almost as a separate instrument complimenting the groovy guitar and solid writing. Reminds me of an old H2O 7" I had back in the day for some reason.


Young Adults - "Annulation"

A few open notes leads into the core rhythm of the song. Catchy right off the bat. The guitar takes the lead on this song, partly a result of the recording, but (hopefully) partly by design, as it creates the aural experience that is immediately satisfying. This is not to discount the vocals, but they rather serve the purpose of supporting and filling in well juxtapose to the guitar.


Young Adults - "Impression"

The oddest guitar intro on the demo, but when the next guitar part takes it up a notch (on the scale that is) it works. The pace is slower than on any other song, allowing for a more "rocked out" feel and clearer vocals due to less reverbed sound created by open guitar play. This also allows the drums to make their way into the feel a bit, as the beat is more pronounced, whereas the previous song was built more on the rhythm of the guitar.

You can check out more of their songs on their myspace page linked above, and they are also posting all of their demo songs for free download as well. If you want a cd I believe you can contact them through their myspace page and they will send you a copy for $4. The demo is 5 songs in total.