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The Young Knives
Superabundance
The Young Knives earned a Mercury nomination for their 2005 album Voices of Animals and Men but perhaps are more famously know for the oddball factoids forever associated with them.
Such as; Making their own jam, the bass player being know bizarrely as ‘House of Lords,’ lead singer Henry Dartnall’s previous job being an interactive whiteboard salesman and the fact that they are from Ashby-de-la-Zouch….oh yes, they also wear tweed.
The spiky post-punk trio are painted as sophisticates with an oddball edge, many an eyebrow was raised after their debut album impressed critics and was tempered by spunky live shows and fresh musings about being British.
Their follow-up LP is called Superabundance and the Young Knives still retain their serrated edge – just. The abundant theme of this album is still the quirks of being British; make your mind up for yourselves if this is to be celebrated with irony or a bit naff.
This is polished stuff, which dare we say, it sounds a bit Britpop 2.0, there are nods in places to Blur and even the title from ‘Up all night’ has been pilfered from kings of radio rock, Razorshite.
We know that as a second album rolls around it’s hard to sound fresh. Things here haven’t changed much musically.
Furthermore to Knives have got an image to cultivate, albeit one so post-ironic they’ve actually convinced us that they are tweed sporting geeks.
However, all is forgiven when they produce splendid indie such as Counters and debut Superabundance single Terra Firma.
The scenesters may have started to tire but we at MegaStar like the Knives and not just for the oddball eccentricities, but it plays a big part.
We say: Cricket balls, Parliament recess, Bank Holiday rain.
They say: ‘Modern life has never sounded more thrillingly rubbish.’ Daily Telegraph
Best Track: Terra Firma, marble sharpening stomp-a-long.
