{"id":70229,"date":"2018-10-03T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=70229"},"modified":"2018-10-01T20:30:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T19:30:47","slug":"review-you-me-at-six-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-you-me-at-six-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: You Me At Six &#8211; VI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70230\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>You Me at Six<\/strong>\u00a0are still kicking around, determined to remind you of their existence with an album\u00a0not dissimilar in sound to Busted\u2019s <em>\u2018Night Driver\u2019<\/em>. They\u2019ve even got a song on it called <em>\u20183AM\u2019<\/em>, although this one\u2019s nowhere near as much of a classic.<\/p>\n<p>Lead singer Josh Franceschi recently said,<em> \u201cWhen you put out an average guitar record don\u2019t get annoyed when your band doesn\u2019t get the limelight \u2013 you get what you deserve.\u201d<\/em> Here\u2019s hoping he\u2019s able to take his own advice, as this feels like a record fans will want to ignore, much as they have done with most their material post \u2018<em>Sinners Never Sleep\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Fast Forward\u2019 <\/em>proves their status as serious rock duuuudes by using the f-word in its lyrics. As Josh Franceschi sings <em>\u201cwanna be twenty-one\u201d<\/em> during <em>\u2018Straight To My Head\u2019 <\/em>it\u2019s difficult not to wish the same, reminiscing of a time when the band released <em>\u2018Hold Me Down\u2019 <\/em>and retained a semblance of relevance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"You Me At Six - 3AM (Official Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lrELmjpktYE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing standout about <em>\u2018Miracle In The Mourning\u2019 <\/em>or <em>\u2018I O U\u2019<\/em> except the over-produced sound. The songs are entirely inoffensive, so much so it\u2019s difficult to even call them bad. If anything, they\u2019re just\u2026 fine.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not all terrible. If <em>\u2018Pray For Me\u2019 <\/em>or <em>\u2018Losing You\u2019 <\/em>had been released by an ex-member of One Direction, it\u2019d probably feature on an edgy Topman advert or the playlist of your local Oceana. The bass-heavy, faux aggression of <em>\u2018Predictable\u2019 <\/em>could drag along at the end of a Kasabian release, and <em>\u2018Danger\u2019 <\/em>could soundtrack a half-hearted animation if a young American popstar sang it.<\/p>\n<p>At this point in <strong>You Me At Six<\/strong>\u2019s career, Coldplay seem more exciting. They\u2019re not interesting enough for new fans and the \u201cwoe is me\u201d, boring white men sentiment is wearing thin on the over-25s. Hopefully their upcoming <em>\u2018Take Off Your Colours\u2019 <\/em>shows will see them out with a bang and not, as this album seems intent on, with a whimper.<\/p>\n<p>2\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;VI&#8217; <\/em>by\u00a0<strong>You Me At Six\u00a0<\/strong>is released on 5th October on\u00a0<strong>Underdog Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You Me At Six<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youmeatsix.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.facebook.com\/youmeatsix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youmeatsix?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Kathryn Black (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kathrynblack07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@kathrynblack07<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;this feels like a record fans will want to ignore&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":70230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[15987,15986,2399],"class_list":["post-70229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-underdog-records","tag-vi","tag-you-me-at-six"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Review: You Me At Six - VI - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;this feels like a record fans will want to ignore&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review: You Me At Six - VI - Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;this feels like a record fans will want to ignore&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-you-me-at-six-vi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-03T15:00:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kathryn Black\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@kathrynblack07\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kathryn Black\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Review: You Me At Six - VI - Already Heard Staging","description":"\"this feels like a record fans will want to ignore\"","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Review: You Me At Six - VI - Already Heard Staging","og_description":"\"this feels like a record fans will want to ignore\"","og_url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-you-me-at-six-vi\/","og_site_name":"Already Heard Staging","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","article_published_time":"2018-10-03T15:00:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":1500,"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/VI_Pack_Shot-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kathryn Black","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@kathrynblack07","twitter_site":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kathryn Black","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-you-me-at-six-vi\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-you-me-at-six-vi\/"},"author":{"name":"Kathryn Black","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/defee13052789b8002a7646d73094803"},"headline":"Review: You Me At Six &#8211; 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