"Sometimes listening to Young Jesus, the elastic rock group from LA, can be a little intimidating. Their previous two records S/T and The Whole Thing is Just There engage with some heady concepts—big, ambitious ideas about the meaning of feeling, time, existence, nature, stretched out and explored in exploratory and sometimes improvisational indie rock aesthetics that absorb techniques from jazz and jam bands in equal measure. With their new record, Welcome to Conceptual Beach, none of that has really changed, but the results feel somewhat different. S/T and The Whole Thing both expanded and refined Young Jesus’s core touchstones, but they still felt like they rested firmly in the landscape of emo-adjacent indie rock. But on Welcome to Conceptual Beach, the band has transformed into something a little cleaner, a little more precise, and, most of all, they’ve grown into a band that seems to be wholly in a league of their own. " (The alternative)
Ontroerende, diepgaande songs, intens gebracht door deze singer-songwriter; bij vlagen à la vroeg werk van Damien Rice. "Born from a jaded disconnect and chock full of sharply profound lyrics, John Rossiter (the artist known professionally as Young Jesus) explores dark character undersides, mental health, and some true sadness in his forthcoming seventh album, The Fool. Lyrically, this is one of the most beautifully tragic albums I’ve ever heard but you wouldn’t necessarily guess that from the opening single “Brenda & Diane.” This energized 80’s pop ballad sets the listener in some seedy, allegedly empty bar and walks you through a brief interaction our main character has with two gambling outlaws. This is essentially an optimistic song as our characters appear to pass on some hard-loving advice and we are left with a sense of freedom and reset. "The Fool" is intricate art, holding mirrors up to Rossiter’s characters and world; reflecting back the good, the bad, and the sadness of it all." (The Indy Review)
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