BBC Review
The Young Gods were one of the most revolutionary and forward thinking rock bands of...
Matt Harvey2005
The missing link between Suicide and Nine Inch Nails, Swiss noise niks The Young Gods were one of the most revolutionary and forward thinking rock bands of the 80s.
This compilation (with a second cd of remixes) is a greatest hits of sort, highlighting 20 years of sonic adventurism. Keen adopters of sampling technology, the YGs early - and most influential - work is dark, dingy and mechanical. Tracks like "Fais La Mouette" sound like a form of brutalist hip hop/rock - the twisted alter ego of Run DMC and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way".
A desire to explore new ideas seems to be at the heart of the band, they went on to release a CD of Kurt Weil songs and toyed witha more ambient sound on albums like Only Heaven. As a result there's more variety on this collection than you might expect.
The Young Gods are a band that needed to exist; making XXY a recommended purchase for any student of rock's outer fringes.
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