The Underground Youth (Fuzz Club) 3rd SINGLE ahead of new LP

Manchester-born, Berlin-based group The Underground Youth are today dropping their latest single and video ‘Frame Of Obsession’. A shadowy gothic post-punk cut featuring backing vocals by Lucy Kruger, it’s the third and final track to be revealed from the band’s eleventh album, ‘Nostalgia’s Glass’, ahead of its release August 18 on Fuzz Club. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/H5UUYFmwdLg

“‘Nostalgia’s Glass’ looks back at the music of The Underground Youth, forming new songs in a style reminiscent of the band's past, whilst lyrically condemning the nostalgia that the album is itself guilty of”, writes guitarist/vocalist Craig Dyer. On the ‘Frame Of Obsession’ single, he adds: “Most people have found themselves, at some stage or another, guilty of becoming obsessed with someone or something, it’s a danger when you romanticise the past and refuse to look at a situation clearly and rationally.”

Expanding on the album’s themes, Dyer says: “When faced with making the eleventh record of your musical projects career, you think long and hard about the direction you wish to take. Do you look at what is currently popular and aim to carve out a space for yourself in the modern music which you currently enjoy, or do you look back at the foundations upon which your band has built its name and fanbase? This nostalgic sense of looking over one's shoulder to the past ended up influencing both the musical style of this new record and the subject matter of each track.

The aim became to create a collection of songs that paid homage to our back catalogue, whilst implementing all that had been learnt along the way. I attempted to dissect not only the positive but the negative elements of nostalgia, primarily the romanticisation of the past, be it the politics of a country, the controversial legacies of film and musical icons or the sentimental idealisation of long dead toxic relationships.”

The Underground Youth was started in 2008 as the creative project of Craig Dyer. The band have released 10 albums and 4 EPs, over the years developing their unique sound, which has ranged from cinematic lo-fi psychedelia to a raw and noisy, albeit romantically melancholic, form of post-punk. Shrouded in a dark aesthetic and the imagery of various art film movements, The Underground Youth have established a devoted global following and cult fan base, continuously built upon by their extensive touring schedule through Europe, Asia and North America. Signed to independent record label Fuzz Club in 2012, The Underground Youth currently consists of Craig (Vocals/Guitar), Olya Dyer (Drums), Leonard Kaage (Guitar/Producer) and Samira Zahidi (Bass). The band relocated from Manchester to Berlin in 2016.

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