Totally different stuff. Young Lords are a proper rock band from New York. They are nostalgic in a nice sense, meaning that they are not ready to give up rock which goes back to roots like The Velvet Underground. There are a couple of bands like this, starting with the Kings of Leon debut but to get more close, like tourmates The Virgins who are from NYC too. The surprising thing is that his genre seems cool: they were in i-D and Nylon. The country and southern rock influences should determine them for a less fashionable way to success but the world can be upside-down sometimes. Nevertheless, the cowboy-aesthetics, the ‘back in the day’ thing, the innocent yet Bob Dylan-drunk and “we recorded our demo at my dad’s garage” sound makes it so loveable that I nearly don’t care about the slight make-up artificality of it. BRMC Howl album comes to mind for a comparison. Let’s see what these young guys can make of it, I guess they should be destined for success.

Young Lords - Rodeo Songs [zshare] // Young Lords - Rodeo Songs [ysi]

This entry was posted on Sunday, September 14th, 2008 at 10:26 am and is filed under country, young lords, us, rock.