Brutal Youth seem to have a knack for implementing just the
right amount of wackiness in their music without going overboard. The punk four-piece from Ontario, Canada
undoubtedly nod at catchy 90s hardcore acts like Kid Dynamite and emphasize brevity
in their catchy, energetic tunes that shamelessly make use of sometimes juvenile,
self-depreciative lyrics and “whoa-ohs.”
Their 2010 full length, Spill Your
Guts, is an outrageous 15-minute ride in which vocalist Patty O’Latern
spares no time in delivering his often hilarious messages over frantic drumming
and a brazen, power chord-ridden approach.
Take “Artful,” for example, Patty’s 45-second declaration of love that
takes a turn for the ridiculous when he reveals the song’s subject: his
dog. These moments of wit and satire are
laced throughout Brutal Youth’s music and only add to the sheer enjoyment
provided by the upbeat punk instrumentation, creating what one might expect to
hear from a musically-inclined baby produced by The Ergs and Shook Ones.
With that being said, Brutal Youth’s
new split with their Canadian brethren in Tightrope features a much more
serious lyrical approach that manages not to detract from the band’s “fun” factor
whatsoever. Few bands can come up with
lines such as, “Righteous indignation amounts to thinly veiled contempt,” and
even fewer can make it fit within the context of a one-minute punk song, but
Brutal Youth accomplish both in a naturally catchy fashion on "Heart and Soul." Fleshed out
vocabulary and improved songwriting on the split make it clear that Brutal Youth
have no intentions of slowing down, and with a recent post by the band
revealing the completion of 16 new songs, one can only hope the progression
will continue on this next release.
Check out Brutal Youth's various Internet headquarters HERE
Listen to the Tightrope/Brutal Youth Split HERE
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