Young Rival
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 2006 | INDIE | AFM
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Press
"But seriously, this might be your favorite album this year. It's definitely one of ours." - Fingers on Blast
"Young Rival has been a band that has deserved to be huge with each release they’ve put out." - Lithium Magazine
"Interior Light is charismatic and charming, a collection of awfully sweet tunes that are as well written as they are produced. What a delight." - Exclaim!
"it drifts from lackadaisical and breezy à la Beach Fossils (Living Like You Should) to bouncy 60s pop (That's Chemistry) to warbly and psychedelic (Carry The Weight)." - NOW Magazine
"it’s nice to see these guys come out with a nostalgic piece of rock n’ roll that somehow seems like the freshest album I’ve listened to all year." - Slug Magazine
"Mixing harmonic vocals with a heavy dose of grit, “Interior Light” keeps to a simplistic progression that highlights the heavy-set, distorted guitars and lighter breaks." - Earmilk
"All in all, Young Rival have proved yet again to be a near-flawless band that put on the best shows and have the best damn time doing it." - Exclaim!
"There was an immediate feeling when Young Rival hit the stage that they were the band in charge. Young Rival proved effortlessly why they’ve come so far and should be the Canadian band to watch in 2016." - Ottawa Showbox
Discography
Interior Light
October 16 2015
Paper Bag Records
Stay Young
October 23 2012
Sonic Unyon Records
Young Rival
April 13 2010
Sonic Unyon Records
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Hamilton’s Young Rival entered the studio to record their new full-length record with producer Graham Walsh (Viet Cong, Alvvays, METZ) with no deadlines and an unrelenting vision of sound. The band’s Aron D’Alesio, Noah Fralick and John Smith took a bag of songs and worked them until they were more “Young Rival” than Young Rival has ever been before. Interior Light is the band’s first album for Toronto’s Paper Bag Records and sounds like Roy Orbison tripping on acid with Ray Davies and Bradford Cox. Let’s call it “croon-psych” and let’s play it loud.
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