Young Knives

膽小懦弱的人可能在挑戰(zhàn)來(lái)臨的時(shí)候退縮，但Young Knives從來(lái)沒有因?yàn)樗麄兡欠N古怪的氣質(zhì)而阻礙成功的腳步。2002年，這個(gè)三人的獨(dú)立搖滾樂隊(duì)?wèi){借著處女專輯《The Young Knives…Are Dead》而開始嶄露頭角。他們憑借著充滿感染力舞曲般律動(dòng)的節(jié)奏、滑稽的音樂視頻和現(xiàn)場(chǎng)所表現(xiàn)出的激情，贏得了大眾廣泛的稱贊。Young Knives曾經(jīng)為Kasier Chiefs、The Futureheads 和Hot Hot Heat等眾多當(dāng)紅樂隊(duì)的演出擔(dān)任暖場(chǎng)嘉賓，樂隊(duì)的T-shirt也隨之銷量大增。 
 
Young Knives來(lái)自英國(guó)Leicestershire的Ashby-de-la-Zouch，他們?cè)?jīng)站在德克薩斯SXSW音樂節(jié)的舞臺(tái)上，也擔(dān)任過香港Clockenflap音樂節(jié)的開幕嘉賓，他們終于于2009年在Split Works的努力下來(lái)到上海和北京進(jìn)行了他們首次中國(guó)演出。
by MacKenzie Wilson
Hailing from Oxford, England, the Young Knives feature Henry Dartnall (vocals/guitar), Oliver Askew (drums), and Thomas Dartnall (bass) (aka House of Lords). These snarky post-punk revivalists initially started out playing Ned's Atomic Dustbin songs while living in their hometown of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, but a move to Oxford in 2002 gave the Young Knives their big break. An appearance at the Truck Festival led to the band issuing The Young Knives...Are Dead mini-album for Shifty Disco in 2002. Three years later, the trio was playing shows alongside the Futureheads and Hot Hot Heat while readying their debut EP for Transgressive. The limited-edition Junky Music Make My Heart Beat Faster sold out quickly; "The Decision," which was produced by Gang of Four's Andy Gill, followed in December 2005. In the new year, the Young Knives' growing popularity seemed unstoppable. Both "Here Comes the Rumour Mill" and "She's Attracted To" made the U.K. Top 40. Additional shows with the Rakes and Dirty Pretty Things wowed the U.K., and the band's American performance debut at the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, TX, proved successful. The Young Knives' debut album, Voices of Animals and Men, arrived in the U.K. that August and in the U.S. in early 2007.