Young Adults - Born In '91

It's been almost two years since I last wrote about Young Adults.  Isn't it amazing how time flies?  The band's debut album, Black Hole, was filled to the brim with noise rock goodness.  As a follow-up, the band has released a new EP, Born In '91, because nothing says Valentine's Day like some shoegaze drenched in punk.

The EP is a heavy hitting continuation of the sound that Young Adults established on their first album.  I don't want to imply that Black Hole was a mild record, but Born In '91 feels like the band has returned with double the stamina that they had before.  It gives me a sudden urge to listen to some Sonic Youth, which is never a bad thing.  That transition between "College Rock" and the closing track, "Stasis", might be my favorite moment of the entire album.

Born In '91 is available in both physical and digital formats at this very moment.  You can stream the album below or head this way to grab a copy. If you want to witness the band in person, Young Adults will be playing some shows on the east coast, which you can check out here.

Young Adults - Let Us Out

Young Adults, the Boston based rock trio, released their new album, Black Hole, late last year.  Covered in layer upon layer of distortion, their music is punk meets shoegaze.  On the album, there are long stretches of instrumentals with powerful vocals hidden underneath.  Young Adults sometimes sound like they could be the offspring band of Bad Brains and Sonic Youth.  It may be loud, but their music gives off a strange kind of ambience.  The crashing and grinding guitars really set a particular mood that says, "This is Young Adults".

They recently debuted their music video for the single, "Let Us Out".  This song reaches more towards the alternative noise rock side of Young Adults.  Although the lyrics are often hard to distinguish from the music, the vocals help add to the song's lush sound.  The video starts and ends with, as their album title states, a black hole.  The rest of the clip consists of stacked and blurred performance footage.  They've successfully transmitted the distorted and humming vibes from "Let Us Out" over to the video.

Check out the music video for "Let Us Out" after the jump...