{"title":"Young Knives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung Knives is an English indie rock band hailing from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. Formed in 1998, the band consists of Henry Dartnall on guitar and vocals, Thomas Dartnall (affectionately known as 'The House of Lords') on bass and vocals, and Oliver Askew on drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLead singer Henry affectionately refers to his younger brother Tom as 'The House of Lords' due to his knack for vetoing his ideas. Together, they create a unique sound that has captivated audiences since their inception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith their catchy melodies and energetic performances, Young Knives have established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the indie rock scene. Their music is a blend of infectious hooks and clever lyrics that showcase their undeniable talent and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"voices-of-animals-and-men-and-shouts-and-screams-and-groans","title":"Voices of Animals and Men and Shouts and Screams and Groans","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe classic Mercury Music Prize nominated debut album, back on vinyl for the first time in over 15 years. Remastered with entire bonus album created from the prolific B-sides. 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John Gray’s book Straw Dogs inspired the brothers to dial into the ultra-violent, brutal nature of human beings. Our progresses in science and knowledge have not made us any less barbaric: our entertainment is obsessed with it, our world is full of it. What if cruelty to others is just part of who we are? How do we live with that? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on a base of loved hits from their early work last decade (\u003ci\u003eVoices of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Men, Superabundance, Ornaments from the Silver Arcade\u003c\/i\u003e) and the metamorphosis of 2013’s \u003ci\u003eSick Octave\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBarbarians\u003c\/i\u003e is a leap into sonic experimentation by a band who love to confuse and entertain in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gadzook","offers":[{"title":"Pink | LP","offer_id":50452343783755,"sku":"1092060","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50452343652683,"sku":"1092058","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/41f872ec-c187-414d-a50a-8e0b43a85b8f_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727148151"},{"product_id":"sick-octave","title":"Sick Octave","description":"\u003cp\u003eYoung Knives return with a brand new album. Some of it sounds like Kraftwerk. Some of it sounds like a late 1990s computer games console being forced into a food processor. Some of sounds like experimental Blur. Some of it sounds like The Fall. Some of those riffs do sound a bit like Gang Of Four still, actually. It's the most intriguing, dark, out there yet still instantly lapel-gripping music the band has ever created. Young Knives under the bed sheets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50470786072907,"sku":"367439","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/797f2795-82ab-471c-98b7-e9af734aa364_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727382713"},{"product_id":"oh-happiness","title":"Oh Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eYoung Knives return to their noisey DIY roots with new EP - as lead singer and guitarist Henry Dartnall explains \"For some reason when you are working with record labels it's an assumption that you book into a 500 pound per day studio and a producer tells you what is wrong with your music and makes it better for you. I know it's a cliche - but after these sessions we have always felt there was no good reason why we couldn't have done it ourselves like we always used to.\" In terms of drastic reinventions, it's up there with when Dexy's' Kevin Rowland started wearing a wedding dress, albeit a rather more appealing one. \"We have tried to make a record that will mess with peoples expectations of us,' Thomas 'The House Of Lords' Dartnall says. \"We wanted to make something dark and nasty, something industrial, synthetic, crass but with a sprinkling of pretty shit.\" Some of it sounds like Kraftwerk. Some of it sounds like a late 1990s computer games console being forced into a food processor. Some of sounds like experimental Blur. Some of it sounds like The Fall. Some of those riffs do sound a bit like Gang Of Four still, actually. It's the most intriguing, dark, out there yet still instantly lapel-gripping music the band has ever created. 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But rather than dwelling on the derogatory landfill stick that has sometimes comes to beat them, Young Knives instead use this coming phase of their career to contemplate the nature of existence and how best to catalogue it through song. As lead singer and guitarist Henry Dartnall puts it, “it’s a record is about letting things go before they are taken from you, including the carefully curated images of ourselves. Embracing everything the world throws at you and not taking it to heart.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of Young Knives may be forgiven for thinking that Landfill may be about to enter nihilistic territory, and with the band being evicted from their long-time home and studio during the recording process it is true to say that the album is imbued with a fear of the unknown, as adrenaline stokes the fires of vitriol. However, the record is far more concerned with retaining a philosophical outlook on how we view the passing of time, best exemplified by lead single ‘Dissolution’, which is partly inspired by the Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy quote “Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.” Dartnall expands: “I love ideas like this. What an amazing way to present such a deep idea but also make it fun. I just wanted to experiment with doing our version of that. You can’t force ideas on people, you can just suggest them and leave them hanging in a way that people might one day consider if they feel like it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpening up more about the single, he continues: \"This song is kind of dumb. The words are about the dissolution of the ego or ego death; a thing that appears in eastern religions and was written about in Joseph Campbell’s “A Hero’s Journey”. It’s the refocusing of your attention on the part of you that never becomes yesterday and can never become tomorrow, or something like that. It’s very similar to what people report from psychedelic experiences too. The problem is that writing and performing rock music is very much rooted in the world of the ego, so the idea of my big ego mouth shouting words about ego death is ridiculous. But then I thought that contradiction was kind of fun too.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recorded the song to an old tape machine as a throwaway experiment. The tape we used was from a car boot sale and all perished and dusty. The channels of the tape machine kept failing because they were all clogged up with tape oxide. It was a live take and we did it with our friend’s Silke and Max Blansjaar playing drums and piano. It was also recorded at the end of our time in the studio we have had since we started together, so we were in the middle of packing it down. It felt like we were dismantling everything about our band and music so it all made sense at the time and felt very apt\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a parting thought on the idea of identity and legacy, he offers: “We often think we have to fight the world to get success and legacy, or even just security and other such weird concepts. But even the most successful people in history have only postponed their second death (the last day someone says your name) by 500 - 2000 years tops. After that you are Landfill FOREVER. 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