Since forming in 2007, South Walian rockers The Dirty Youth have been gradually been on the rise up to the point where they’re one of the most talked about bands of the UK. Unlike most bands, TDY have not rushed into things and have taken their time into refining their sound and gaining new fans thus making them one of the UK most hard working bands.
There’s a hum of anticipation surrounding TDY’s debut album ‘Red Light Fix’, after spending the past few years touring up and down the country, including a slot at Download Festival, they are known for their excellent live performances, so when this album finally hits the shelves, fans will be relived to know that this album is as good as their live performances. There are many ways you could sum up this album: Catchy, boistrous, heavy, or all 3.
Opener ‘Rise Up’ starts off all calmly before the riffs and pounding drums storm into life, its impossible not to bang your head to this or sing along to the one of the album’s many catchy choruses. ‘The End’ follows in the same vein as it’s predecessor, whereas ‘Requiem For The Drunk’ features possibly the album’s most driven song, it has an element of Punk with some heavy metal tendencies, and the chorus comes at you like a screaming child at a Supermarket, you can’t ignore it.
The highlight of the album is undeniably the Title-track, which showcases the band’s musicianship at its very best, including Danni Monroe’s impressive vocals, musically it’s the most diverse which includes heavy metal riffing, clever time changes and a heavy as hell middle section. Towards the end of the album it gets a bit less raucous compared to the previous tracks, ‘Promises’ is possibly the albums most mature sounding song and closer ‘This Is For You’ is the biggest sounding song of the lot, it boasts of another fine vocal display by Monroe, another huge sounding chorus and it ends in the way like every album should, on a high.
With a running time of just 32 minutes, it’s clear that all The Dirty Youth care about is releasing an album without any filler, and they have achieved just that. ‘Red Light Fix’ only justifies the band’s status as one of the UK’s most exciting prospects, here’s hoping that the British public will take notice of this band and catapultthem into bigger and better things. Awesome stuff.
Words by Graeme Williams
