LUST FOR YOUTH
Lust For Youth share a new single 'Great Concerns' and announce a new self-titled LP.
Copenhagen-based Lust For Youth, made up of Hannes Norrvide & Malthe Fischer, return with their self-titled new album, which is set for release June 7th via Sacred Bones Records. The first single from the LP, "Great Concerns" is streaming online now.
Pirouetting on decadence, meeting eyes with a dizzy sensation, falling and flying at the same time—Lust for Youth have continually held poise through the most vitalizing of times. Their new album,
a self-titled collection of eight songs, is sure-footed where they had earlier feared to tread, and light-headed for a new set of reasons.
The album is driven by a dance-pop agenda, hustling its way through upbeat peaks that level out into reflective ballads. While still taking clear cues from a crop of austere synth-pop, Lust for Youth sound brighter than they ever have before, taking tips from some of the flirtiest
Eurobeat to aid their new direction.
On their previous album, Compassion, Lust for Youth examined euphoria and contemporary life with a wry wit. Where facetiousness masqueraded as commitment, compliments and fawning clearly yearned for a true connection.
Lust for Youthsees Hannes Norrvide and Malthe Fischer taking some familiar strides, though to another place. The disaffected balearia is this time rendered into brighter pop compositions that bustle with intricate production. No longer galvanizing us with hooks, but with a songcraft unhindered by anxiety, the album presents a cohesion not seen in the project until now.
Lyrically, the apprehension still hangs like tinsel. Often garish and celebratory, the droll mischief is this time more pointed, more personal, and far more self-aware. A thread of reflections upon
the state of the world is artfully wound throughout the album, casting a quiet force upon
the detachment of Norrvide's vocals.
Lust for Youth have been one of love's most honest confrères, detailing the pangs of what is all too often a sullen process. On this occasion, they look up. The pull of the world is different for us all, but it pulls us all.
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