The Young Playthings
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The Young Playthings

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"THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS 'Girls In Heat' demo review, April 2005"

“The Young Playthings...take you back to the glory days of Indie Proper. They jangle, they've got sharp, funny lyrics, they've got infectious hooks, and they met at University. Bingo.”
Math Priest, April 2005
- Rhythm and Drummer Magazine


"THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS @ The Betsey Trotwood, London, May 2005 live review"

“...They play sunshine guitar pop that’s stuffed with dissonant tangents and twists, flitting with ease between early Weezer-ish anthems and Fugazi’s darkest, most romantic, moments...It’s the melodies of a bygone age presented in a nower-than-now fashion...One of the dynamic and refreshing outfits currently shredding London’s boards.”
Jon Falcone, 2005 - Artrocker magazine


Discography

THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS - 'Girls In Heat' demo (July 2003)
1. Hot Sex With A Girl I Love
2. So Good, So Bad... So Good!
3. Last Night In Los Angeles
4. The American West

THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS '...Love U Like That' SMALLTOWN AMERICA RECORDS single (July 2005)

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THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS
Do you remember the first time you ever fell in love?

THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS are Bateman, Jørs Truly, Tibor; the who what where when and why of how they met and formed are, surely, in the grand scheme of things, inconsequential. They do not want to be remembered for who they are, but for what their songs mean to other people.

Since they first picked up their instruments in the same room as one another, THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS have undergone a cocoon-like transformation from a ragged band of bedroom bards to a taut and powerful unit whose live shows have made even the most cynical swoon.

THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS write songs about the ins-n-outs of daily life – from love to sex, from dancing to drunken buffoonery, from friendships to the world around us – and infuse it all with a starry-eyed romanticism a la the BOUNCING SOULS and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. In fact, they may well be the perfect cross between these two touchstones of New Jersey rock, with a dash of THE REPLACEMENTS’ energetic onstage sloppiness thrown in for good measure, that attests to their utter belief in the songs they sing. Simple truths set to humble but triumphant tunes.

The 3 songs here capture the giddy thrill of al fresco sex, the emotional purge necessitated by kissing long-distance love goodbye, and the ambiguities of suburban yearning and contentment. Though unsigned, THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS are soon to release these songs as a limited edition, Internet-only release through a handshake agreement with London indie label SMALLTOWN AMERICA, home to DIY heroes JET PLANE LANDING.

THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS are the sound of sweaty rock n roll clubs, smoky country juke joints and dreamy adolescent bedrooms. They are innocence and experience. You look at the posters of rock heroes on your bedroom walls at night and you think of them. THE YOUNG PLAYTHINGS are easy like that.