Young Adults “2010 demo” CD

Young Adults is another great band from Allston, MA whose five-song demo immediately grabbed my attention, even if it is once more outside the realm of my usual listening habits. I'm not sure what you'd call this style, or that such questions really matter, but as a starting point I'd say it's a fusion of slightly new wave-ish punk, indie rock, and "shoegaze". There are a good amount of rockin' power chords and pulsing basslines accented by simple little melodies and tremolo picking textures, while a lot of the "shoegaze" types of influences come into play with the recording, which is super raw and fuzzed out—pushing the vocals into the background where they literally fight their way forth through a wall of reverberating chord progressions and dry percussion. It can sound a little over the top at times, but there's something about it that works, and the ruggedness of the production never hinders the obviously awesome songwriting at all. There's some really catchy material here, and I love the overall atmosphere they've created around that core. The whole thing's over in a mere 12 minutes, and I already want to hear more. Immediately. This is great shit...

Young Adults "Annulation"

As is becoming increasingly common, the band has made the entire demo available for free download, so I wholly encourage my more open-minded readers to check it out:

[DOWNLOAD] Young Adults "2010 demo" (@ MediaFire)

Physical copies are available for $4 at their shows, but I bet they'd be willing to send 'em out in the mail for a few extra bucks if you ask them nicely via the MySpace link above...