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The best kept secret in music

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"Kill The Young @ Bierkeller"

COCKNEY chart stars Thee Unstrung cancelled their latest Blowout appearance,
but with debut releases ready for the shelves, their last-minute
replacements should soon be making their own foray into the one-dimensional
NME feeding frenzy.

All three members of Kill The Young have drainpipe jeans, pencil-thin ties
and haircuts lifted from coffee table magazines - a look to make indie girls
scream and lose their Hello Kitty hair slides in a hail of glitter and
tears.

There is no art school aloofness or narcissistic bravado to make easy
comparisons with any current chart huggers. Instead they mix the raw,
melodic sound quickly abandoned by The Strokes with spades and spades of
Buzzcocks' energy to give it more credibility.

On stage this all worked out wonderfully, but the nagging feeling that this
isn't the finished article simply makes their future seem even more
exciting.
- www.Manchesteronline.co.uk


"Le retour du rock / Kill The young"

L'un des trois frères Gorman, jeunes Stakhanovistes de la région de Manchester, s'appelle Dylan. Bob sortirait pourtant decoiffé de ces chansons à l'electricité impétueuse, élevées au stadium Grunge Americain mais corrigées par cet incurable sens mélodique de la pop Anglaise.

Jean Daniel Beauvallet
- Les Inrockuptibles


"KILL THE YOUNG - THE GREAT UNHEARD"

What We Think:

"It’s the evil Hanson! Sorry, forgive us, we couldn’t resist… In fairness to Kill The Young, the least interesting thing about them are their family ties. The most is their energetic, breathless rock that bashes out post-punk manifestos and thoroughly rampant rhythms to grab you by the throat without ever forgetting to make you move your feet. Out of nowhere (or rather, last year’s In The City), Manchester finds itself another great band!"


They write the type of tunes that could only have been produced by uncommon kids trapped in an isolated northern town - getting their kicks, as they did, from Cobain, Curtis and Corgan.

The band were discovered playing at In The City Music seminar by French label Discograph and signed to the label last year. Then, whilst playing a label gig in Paris, the band were spotted by Dimitri Tikovoi (Placebo, Goldfrapp, John Cale, Alpinestars, Marc Almond). The legendary producer went on to record their forthcoming eponymous debut album in just three weeks. The record is mixed by Flood (New Order, Depeche Mode, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, PJ Harvey) and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Beastie Boys, Bjork).
Musically, Kill The Young are a mosaic of transatlantic influences. They are as much the sons of US indie rock bands Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins as they are the heirs of the UK post-punk scene – Magazine, Wire and Echo and the Bunnymen.

The name Kill The Young is reference to the current state of modern Western society and the pressure being applied to young people to grow up too quickly. By eating into the time spent being carefree and young, society is effectively killing youth and snuffing out any possibility of rebellion or counter-culture.

Debut single Origin of Illness is a look at a society that is ill and how time has run out for us all. Each one of us is going down but the 'underdogs' will enjoy the last laugh as they never had anything to lose anyway.




- www.bbc.co.uk/manchester


"Projects / Kill the young"

"Watch out - Kill The Young are out to prove that Manchester has more than one set of musical brothers..."

Based in Manchester, Kill the Young are three brothers in their early twenties who deal in crashing choruses and arresting anthems. They write the type of tunes that could only have been produced by uncommon kids trapped in an isolated northern town - getting their kicks, as they did, from Cobain, Curtis and Corgan.

The band were discovered playing at In The City Music seminar by French label Discograph and signed to the label last year. Then, whilst playing a label gig in Paris, the band were spotted by Dimitri Tikovoi (Placebo, Goldfrapp, John Cale, Alpinestars, Marc Almond). The legendary producer went on to record their forthcoming eponymous debut album in just three weeks.

Musically, Kill The Young are a mosaique of transatlantic influences. They are as much the sons of US indie rock bands Sonic Youth and Smashing Pumpkins as they are the heirs of the UK post-punk scene – Magazine, Wire and Echo and the Bunnymen.

The name Kill The Young is reference to the current state of modern Western society and the pressure being applied to young people to grow up too quickly. By eating into the time spent being carefree and young, society is effectively killing youth and snuffing out any possibility of rebellion or counter-culture.

Debut single Origin of Illness is a look at a society that is ill and how time has run out for us all. Each one of us is going down but the 'underdogs' will enjoy the last laugh as they never had anything to lose anyway. - www.xtaster.co.uk


Discography

Debut single Origin of Illness b/w Fragile is set for release on september 26th with the album to follow in march 2006

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Bio

Kill the Young are three brothers - Tom, Dylan and Olly Gorman - descendants of 19th/20th century Irish immigrants who grew up in the countryside close to Manchester. Ranging in age from 18 -23 – they are, despite their youth, already one of the hardest working bands in the UK. And, based on the evidence of their eponymously-titled debut LP, they haven’t merely performed over 300 gigs, they’ve learned what it takes to move and shake an audience.

The name is deliberately provocative, a statement about the current state of modern Western society and the pressure put on young people to grow up quickly ....... and let innocence be damned. By eating into the time spent being carefree and young, society is effectively killing youth and snuffing out any possibility of rebellion or counter-culture. Conveniently for the smugly amoral corporate world, this self-same ‘demographic’ is also a highly manipulable consumer target.

In keeping with their no-nonsense approach, Kill the Young recorded the album in just 20 days with producer Dimitri Tikovoï. The Trash Palace frontman has also worked with Placebo, Goldfrapp, John Cale, Alpinestars, Marc Almond.... Mixing is by Flood, one of the most influencial producer/engineers and remixers of the last 20 years, with New Order , Depeche Mode, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, PJ Harvey and many more having benefitted from his sonic touch.

Musically KTY’s sound is a mosaique of transatlantic influences. They are as much the sons of US indie rock bands Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins as they are the heirs of the UK post-punk scene. And what they have most in common with all of that heritage - as well as with the broader palate of classic poprock - is choruses that get under your skin and stay there.