Young The Giant takes seaside sound on U S tour

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - They finished a dash with their

California

beach-inspired entrance album. Now

indie stone band

Young a Giant are anticipating a rest of America will be swept divided by their untroubled strand sound.

With their initial dual singles, up-tempo marks "My Body" and "Cough Syrup," garnering radio, radio and film play, a band, all in their early 20s, are kicking off their initial headlining debate on February8

"We're a small jumpy in a good way, we're vehement to do a initial large headlining run in theaters. It's extraordinary to see people already shopping tickets to these things. It takes a lot of weight off a shoulders as it's offered well," lead thespian

Sameer Gadhia

told Reuters.

Formed in Irvine, California in 2004 as The Jakes, a rope went by a few choice changes before settling on

Young The Giant

, with

Gadhia

on vocals,

Francois Comtois

on drums, Payam Doostzadeh on drum and Jacob Tilley and Eric Cannata on guitar.

The rope available their self-titled initial album, expelled in 2011, while still in their teenagers vital together on a beach in Southern California. Songs like "Strings" and "12 Fingers" display a feel of strand vital while Gadhia's particular voice showcased opposite up-tempo guitar riffs.

"We were vital a untroubled lifestyle, we theory a remit from all a prior responsibilities that we had all had, and we only lived on a beach for a year. We didn't unequivocally have many income though we were essay song sometimes, and we were out on a beach only carrying a good time," pronounced Gadhia.

Their sound captivated a courtesy of fans opposite a world. British thespian Morrissey sang their praises and

MTV

comparison them as a "push" artist, that led to Young The Giant behaving a rough delivery of "My Body" during a 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

"As distant as VMAs and

MTV

, privately VMAs, that's unequivocally what we consider helped all pull so quickly," pronounced Comtois.

The "

Young a Giant

" manuscript appearance during No. 42 on a Billboard 200 chart, with Spin Magazine's David Menconi job a song "boldly aspiring anthems in need of a friendly arena." Rolling Stone's Matthew Perpetua called a singular "Apartment" beautiful, while Drowned in Sound's Alex Yau drew comparisons to Tennessee rope Kings of Leon.

However, not all critics were won over by a songs. Pitchfork's Ian Cohen called a manuscript "corporate indie," while Paul Mardles during British journal The Observer described a rope "an malnutritioned Coldplay," giving a manuscript dual stars out of five.

CHASING A DARKER SOUND

Not wasting any time between records, a rope are already operative on their follow-up album, and formulation to preview some new component during their 40 and date U.S. tour.

"Definitely a initial record was a success though we were 18 or 19 years aged when we wrote that material. Now we've gifted a lot together, we've grown together as inpiduals, musicians and as a group, we don't feel like that was a best we could have done," pronounced Gadhia.

"I consider we unequivocally feel like we're in a component now and it took all that time to get to where we are right now."

While a initial record was an loyalty to a carefreee strand life, a second will try a some-more mature sound from a band.

"We've gifted a lot, we've trafficked so much. we consider there will be a small bit darker songs on this (second record), though we're not perplexing to totally misuse what we do naturally together," pronounced a lead singer.

Young The Giant, who Gadhia calls "an Internet band," are closely connected with their fans on amicable media platforms, and

hosted an online competition after fans sent them remixes of their songs.

"It's constantly startling to me how distant reaching a fan bottom is," pronounced a lead singer. "They're a ones that are always gripping in hold with us online and it's overwhelming to see that since we're many really from a Internet era of bands."

The rope expelled a giveaway EP of remixes by their Facebook page in response, including dual fan-made remix marks along with associate indie stone bands such as Two Door Cinema Club, Ra Ra Riot and Tokyo Police Club adding an electro-dance sound to their songs. Gadhia also voiced an seductiveness in operative with Brooklyn-based swat organisation Das Racist.

While a rope are austere they won't wandering too distant from rock, they might see some cross-genre collaborations down a line.

"Our low-pitched tastes have blending to a vicinity so we consider we wish to be means to move in elements of what we listen to now into a approach that we know what cocktail song is," pronounced Comtois.

(Editing by Jill Serjeant)

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