The world electronic duo Young Juvenile Youth conjure up has always dabbled in unease, but new single “Sugar Spike” finds them diving straight into loneliness. The number, part of a new monthly single project, doesn’t even try to fake a smile, straight out rejecting the idea of “sugar-spiking happiness” and simply letting an admission of…
Young Juvenile Youth’s debut album mirror arrives today, and to celebrate the electronic duo shared a sparser cut from the album. “Her” moves away from the more delirious dance-pop of “Slapback” in favor of space. “Her” revolves around seasick electronics, a slowly mutating beat and some squiggly electronic touches lurking beneath it all. Yet the…
Young Juvenile Youth have had a series of starts and stops to their career thus far. They gained momentum…and then kind of dropped off the grid for a second. They play a Hello-Kitty-themed park in Tokyo at a big Halloween show…and then are quiet. Well now the duo’s debut album, Mirror, arrives next month, and…
Wow, that’s a lot of youth! The fidgety electronic-pop duo return with a plinky-plonky number centered on inevitable farewells, and the attempt to make those fleeting moments of connection last as long as possible. The vocals are, as they tend to be in the outfit’s music, the central point of intrigue, moving between monotone and…
The two newest songs from uneasy pop duo Young Juvenile Youth up the approachable sounds ever so slightly. “In Blue” features a slapping beat while “Hive” gravitates around big bubbly Euro-pop-revival synth notes. Yet, the more I listen to both songs, the more immediate sheen fades ever so slightly to reveal something that has a…