Pursehouse’s humble musings

Young Heart Attack

Carling Academy Liverpool

31^st March 2008

Rating 4 out of 5

Mmm, I feel a rant coming on…

Attention youth of Britain. There is a 5 piece currently making their way around the UK named ‘Young Heart Attack’, alas, this is a band that if you have the merry opportunity too, you should see them post haste. Why? Because they’re ace. They’re from Austin Texas and their vice in rock and roll in the upmost traditional sense. Think Zepplin, think AC/DC, think music that you don’t actually have to ‘think’ anything about other than simply enjoying yourself.

I know you all have ‘issues’ and no one really ‘understands’ you and that the music of Bloc Party and Foals speaks to you in a way that no one else really ‘gets’ like you but all that teenage angst aside; if you can’t go to a Young Heart Attack gig and not enjoy yourself then you’re not as mature as you think you are.

This gig was basically balls out rock and roll with one main thing letting it down; the crowd. It would appear that YHA’s key demographic are denim clad forty somethings that get as much of a thrill from the music as they do drinking on a work night. A tight and energetic performance was deserved of a much better reception and despite the rather poor delivery of ‘Munki’ off their latest offering ‘Rock and Awe’ where the words “I’m gonna knock your walls down” have never been sang with such uncertainty (so much so it felt that the line should have ended with a question mark) YHA were quite fantastic tonight.

The sad thing is I feel the poor reception may lead to them not returning to blighty anytime soon.