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The debut album from The Subways proves that for a man approaching his seventies, Glastonbury’s Michael Eavis has excellent taste. Eavis plucked The Subways’ demo from a pile of demos and pushed this young trio – frontman Billy Lunn, his girlfriend, bassist Mary-Charlotte Cooper, and his brother, drummer Josh Morgan – onto the Other Stage at Glasto 2004.
A long, hot summer on, Young For Eternity fulfils all their early potential: "I Want To Hear What You Have Got To Say" and "Oh Yeah" barrel along with the raw, adrenalised energy of Nirvana or The White Stripes - full-bodied, powerful anthems that lose none of their live passion in the studio setting. Lunn’s oft-stated admiration for Oasis surfaces on "Mary", a sort of amped-up "She’s Electric" that’s actually, rather sweetly, a love song from singer to bassist. Ms Cooper, too, however, has a pretty great voice: more grit-edged rock bitch than cooing indie-waif, it invests the likes of "Oh Yeah" and "City Pavement" with a smouldering – nay, flat-out roaring – chemistry that’s all the more engaging because it’s actually 100% genuine. --Louis Pattison
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These young whippersnappers burst on to the UK music scene via the medium of Michael Eavis when they won a Glastonbury talent contest barely a year ago. All still teenagers - Billy Lunn, 19 (guitar), Josh Lunn, 17 (drums) and Charlotte Cooper, 18 (bass) they are defined by teen angst. You'll either relate to this or regress to your teenage years. Their brand of organised chaos is a guilty pleasure at a time when so many bands of the art rock movement have shied away from old fashioned rock 'n' roll.
Charlotte has been billed as the new Kim Deal (The Pixies) by some, and certainly doesn't hold back on stage. The ballsy hum of her bass swims below the relentless cascade of Billy's powerful guitar riffs as Josh underlines it all with some accomplished drumming. The cocksure rocking is broken up by the quieter tracks on the album ("Lines Of Light" and "No Goodbyes"). However, on some tracks, such as "Somewhere", the lyrics become frustratingly indecipherable.
Despite having decided to stop producing albums, Ian Broudie asked if he could produce this record, and the band have certainly lived up to this honour. Some of the wonderfully rough edges have been sadly smoothed out and Billy's deftly delivered growling isn't as powerful on the album as on stage, but it's as near as you can get.
The unforgiving ferocity of this band will draw people in and have them screaming along. Heartfelt tracks clearly written by Billy about Charlotte - most notably second single "Rock'n'Roll Queen" - will have girls wanting to be her and boys wanting to have her: it's an all round winner.
The underlying ethos of this album is to Rock out! With its short, punchy, electric shock-type tracks, the album totals a paltry 37 minutes and 40 seconds. That said, you'll onlyjusthaveenough adrenaline to last the distance and you'll definitely be left wanting more.
There's enough variety within Young For Eternity to tickle your ear-bones for hours; just don't forget your dancing shoes. --Shalinee Singh
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Album Of The Year,
By A Customer
This review is from: Young For Eternity (Audio CD)
YOUNG FOR ETERNITY,is quite possibly the best debut album from a band since Oasis! I have had the privilege of hearing this album quite a few times now, and it seems to get better every listen.Highlights include No Goodbyes,I wana hear what you got to say and the closing track Somewhere. If your looking for a hard rocking album with emotion, passion and character then i seriously suggest you order or go out and buy this album straight away, cos it's going to be a classic.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lost the "live" edge,
This review is from: Young For Eternity (Audio CD)
Judging by the reviews here, I'm in the minority regarding my opinion of this album. It's far from being terrible, but somewhere along the line The Subways went from being a fantastic live act to delivering a rather average album.My first encounter with the band was around 18 months ago at a gig in Cardiff, which I attended purely on a whim. They were astonishing, with Lunn thrashing about the stage like an electrified whirling-dervish (quite literally bouncing off the walls at some points), and Cooper oozing the sort of rock-chick cool that prompted several enthusiastic propositions from the crowd. Meanwhile, Morgan, stripped to the waist, went at the drums like Animal from the Muppets made flesh. I left there convinced I'd witnessed the Next Big Thing(TM), and enthusiastically extolled their virtues to anyone who'd listen. Finally, at long last, the album came out. And it's become rather (gasp) poppy. There's still a bit of the original swagger in the likes of "Rock & Roll Queen", "1 AM", and "Oh Yeah", all of which have been knocking around for quite a while, but even these older tracks sound like they've been smoothed down when compared with the "taster" CDs that used to be on sale at the gigs. This isn't necessarily that surprising, but with the sharp edges taken away, it all sounds rather sterile. Maybe it's a problem of expectation, but I'd assumed The Subways would get the sort of stick-hitting-a-tin-can production of The White Stripes, and instead they got... Ian Broudie? The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie?! No wonder it sounds like it's been hit with the pop-tastic stick. All-in-all then, a bit of a let-down, but still a few glimmers of hope in there. And I just can't help singing along to "Mary"...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Surprisingly fabulous,
By Linus (Helsinki) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Young For Eternity (Audio CD)
In a way I think that indie music has taken a wrong direction over the last years, I mean, sure Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Cheifs are OK, but it is still missing the heart and soul that was the trademark of Brit-indie a few years ago. Though hearing The Subways made me hope for the future of indie rock again!This is pure indie rock'n roll and it is almost impossible to sit still when listening to it, I just have to jump around and scream and sing along! There is a great mix of songs on the album, from the beautifully build up opener 'I Want to Hear What you Have Got to Say', the more slow 'Mary' and the furious rock singles 'Rock & Roll Queen' and 'Oh Yeah'. To compare it with some other artists, you can say that it is a bit like 'Jet' and 'Vines' but better! To give you a hint of how you should value my words, I can say that of the recent releases I really like the groups 'We Are Scientists' and 'Maximo Park' while I dont care much for 'Editors', 'Cribs', 'Rakes' and 'Departure', but in the end it is up to everyone to judge for themselves! Buy, listen, jump & scream!
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