{"id":4186,"date":"2016-09-15T19:30:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-young-guns-echoes\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:11:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:11:05","slug":"album-review-young-guns-echoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-young-guns-echoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Young Guns &#8211;\u00a0Echoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/61e2d4b164d1d471522fdf6628885b8c\/tumblr_oczgq9lfGb1r8no6so2_r7_1280.jpg\" width=\"250em\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>The meteoric rise of High Wycombe&rsquo;s <b>Young Guns<\/b> began showing signs of disintegration in the wake of last year\u2019s <i>\u2018Ones and Zeroes\u2019<\/i>. Returning to a more vibrant UK alt-rock scene than they left off and less exciting songs, they never quite reached the momentum that the hook packed action of <i>\u2018All Or Kings Are Dead\u2019<\/i> and <i>\u2018Bones\u2019<\/i> took them before. Naturally, fourth full-length <i>\u2018Echoes\u2019<\/i> needs to be a serious rebound for the now-quartet.<\/p>\n<p>The reality of their position in rock\u2019s back seat isn\u2019t unnoticed by frontman Gustav Wood judging by opener <i>\u2018Bulletproof\u2019<\/i>. <i>\u201cOut of time, out of place and the people we\u2019ve become. In the cold, we embrace, tell me where did we go wrong\u201d<\/i>, he proclaims above a considerably stripped-back guitar groove. While this could be interpreted as self pity for himself and bandmates, a defiant claim of <i>\u201cI\u2019ve found a spark, so tonight I\u2019ll start a fire\u201d<\/i> before the band amps up the distortion shows they still have fight in them.<\/p>\n<p><!-- more --><\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the group manage to keep this fighting spirit up across most of the album. Their penchant for stratospheric anthems remains in check on tracks like <i>\u2018Mad World\u2019<\/i> or the adrenaline-spiked <i>\u2019Buried\u2019<\/i> which recalls the urgency of earlier works.<\/p>\n<p>Slicker production and the use of electronics have also made its way into <i>\u2018Echoes\u2019<\/i>. Vibrant flashes of synthesised backdrops on <i>\u2018Paranoid\u2019<\/i> and <i>\u2018Awakening\u2019<\/i> gives nods to the melodrama of new wave bands and creates a more grandiose soundscape that has always fitted <b>Young Guns\u2019<\/b> songwriting.<\/p>\n<p>Though it would be an exaggeration to call <i>\u2018Echoes\u2019<\/i> a mind-blowing album, it shows signs of life for <b>Young Guns<\/b> that seemed to be slipping away this time last year. With catchy melodies and an impassioned performance, this is a satisfying collection of alt-rock songs. Less ambitious songs, but songs to guarantee enormous crowd responses in venues. And that\u2019s enough of a rebound for now.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2019Echoes\u2019<\/i> by <b>Young Guns<\/b> is released on September 16th on <b>Wind-up Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Young Guns<\/b> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weareyoungguns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/younggunsuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoungGunsUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>|<\/p>\n<p>Words by Andy Davidson (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyrfDavidson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AndyrfDavidson<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meteoric rise of High Wycombe&rsquo;s Young Guns began showing signs of disintegration in the wake of last year\u2019s \u2018Ones and Zeroes\u2019. 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