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Cavalier Youth
Rock · 2014

Cavalier Youth

You Me at Six

Polished, stadium-sized alternative rock defined by soaring choruses and a bright, optimistic outlook on the transition from youth to adulthood.

January 27, 2014 · Prospect Park

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Cavalier Youth is the sound of a band stepping out of the basement and into the stadium. It sheds the jagged, angst-ridden edges of their earlier post-hardcore work in favor of a gleaming, wide-screen production that feels designed to fill the largest venues in the UK. The guitars are thick and melodic, the drums are punchy and compressed, and every song seems to build toward a chorus that demands a thousand-person singalong. It is an album that captures the specific friction of being in your early twenties: the desire to stay young forever clashing with the inevitable momentum of growing up.

Moments Worth Listening For
The explosive, stadium-sized opening riff of Lived a Lie that sets the album's high-stakes tone.
The stripped-back, vulnerable bridge in Wild Ones before the final massive choral payoff.
The interlocking guitar melodies in Fresh Start Fever that drive the track's relentless momentum.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Cavalier Youth sound next to the rest of You Me at Six's catalogue?

Hopeful+4.0σ

Hopeful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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