Blitz Kids // The Good Youth
Blitz Kids have succeeded in continuing their roll of high quality albums which I think is safe to say excuses the delay they’ve had in releasing the album.
The Good Youth starts off on a good note with a pulsing upbeat track that effectively encompasses Blitz Kids progression as a band, mixing elements of their old music with elements of their new. The tracks alternates from being upbeat and spirited to being more melancholic and downbeat a technique that adds lots of layers to the songs and takes away any chance of repetitiveness. This technique is used pretty much all the way through the album apart from track 6 - ‘Long Road’ which is the kind of song you would expect to find on some corny teen chick flick where people spontaneously burst into song and dance. Apart from that little genre mishap Blitz Kids have succeeded in continuing their roll of high quality albums which I think is safe to say excuses the delay they’ve had in releasing the album. The tracks are infuriatingly catchy which became quite problematic for me when I found myself in situations were it’s not acceptable to sing publicly which is pretty much any situation for me due to me being tone death. My advice would be to listen to this album in the privacy of your own home where you won’t embarrass yourself. Blitz Kids is a band that I expect to go far, I just hope we never see a repeat of ‘Long Road’.
7/10
The Good Youth starts off on a good note with a pulsing upbeat track that effectively encompasses Blitz Kids' progression as a band, mixing elements of their old music with elements of their new. The tracks alternate from being upbeat and spirited to being more melancholic and downbeat - a technique that adds lots of layers to the songs and takes away any chance of repetitiveness. This technique is used pretty much all the way through the album apart from track 6 - ‘Long Road’ which is the kind of song you would expect to find on some corny teen chick flick where people spontaneously burst into song and dance. Apart from that little genre mishap, Blitz Kids have succeeded in continuing their roll of high quality albums which I think is safe to say excuses the delay they’ve had in releasing the album. The tracks are infuriatingly catchy which became quite problematic for me when I found myself in situations were it’s not acceptable to sing publicly - which is pretty much any situation for me, owing to me being tone deaf. My advice would be to listen to this album in the privacy of your own home where you won’t embarrass yourself. Blitz Kids is a band that I expect to go far, I just hope we never see a repeat of ‘Long Road’.
7/10 Hanna Huzel-Steele
