Tuesday 3 April 2007

The Young Republic: Blue Skies - Single Review

The Young Republic are formed of 8 college students 3 years ago and since then they have been churning out quality music which has spread through family, friends and the internet.

They have now released a digital single through
End Of The Road Records and it is available from Rough Trade digital store

Blue Skies opens with fantastic strings, military drumming and flutes almost exploding before lead singer Julian Saporiti and his folky, honest and thin, but brilliant voice starts with a great uplifting country-rock-pop song.

The second song on the single is the slower Small Town In A World War. It's a heartfelt song with the deep strings in the background before building up and ending elegantly well.

The band are now confirmed for Glastonbury and the End Of The Road Festival in September and will be headlining the End Of the Road Festivals monthly residency at the Social Club on Monday 25 June.

While their choice of having Small Town In A World War as their second is somewhat strange as I believe a lot of their other songs would be more popular, you can't help but see the future is bright for this group of youngsters who bring something new and old to the fore.

Check them out for yourself and you'll eagerly anticipate their album which is due to be released towards the end of the year.

You can purchase the digital release from here

The Young Republic website: www.theyoungrepublic.net//
Myspace Page: www.myspace.com/theyoungrepublic

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