Gang of Youths revive indie rock, Tuka makes avante-garde hip-hop, while Mojo Juju brings sass and neo-soul to her new album
Every so often a band comes along that can make a well worn out genre, like post-punk indie rock, sound new and beautiful again. The Sydney now US-based band Gang of Youths have a debut album The Positions due for release 17 April, which chronicles lead singer David Le’aupepes’ tumultuous four-year relationship with a woman battling stage four cancer – he was just 18 at the time. Joining the charismatic Le’aupepes are longtime friends and bandmates Joji Malani, Jung Kim and Max Dunn and together they count Tom Waits, Pavement and Broken Social Scene among their influences. Catch them playing at Vic on the Park Hotel in their hometown on 3 April.
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by Monica Tan, Paul Farrell and Martin Farrer via Electronic music | The Guardian
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