Youthmovies

Oxford-based prog-punks Youthmovies - formerly Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies - is (2007 model):

Al English (guitar/vocals)
Graeme Murray (drums/vocals)
Stephen Hammond (bass/keys)
Andrew Mears (vocals/guitar)
Sam Scott (trumpet/flugelhorn/organ)

In their younger days Youthmovies (MySpace here) liked nothing better than getting their chests out at shows. Mmmm. They have since realised that too much flesh can be a bad thing. Truth.

The roots of the band were laid in 2002; Hope of the States' Simon Jones was initially brought in on drums, replaced by Graeme in 2004. Trumpet player Sam Scott, also of Jonquil, joined full-time in 2006.

"Youthmovies take you on a musical journey like no other, taking elements of DC hardcore and wrapping it in the shimmering glow of bands like Do Make Say Think. They are true believers in the power of music - not as a commodity, but as a way of truly stirring the soul. Amazing stuff." - Rocksound

"Youthmovies are clever, original - and sadistically unpredictable." - Kerrang!

"Youthmovies sound like absolutely bugger-all else out there... No band in the world comes close to matching their thirst for the deranged; nobody can hold a torch to their genre-splicing glory. Prefixes come and go in their world - post, prog, whatever - but none stick. Only one simple word can successfully clamp itself to this eight-legged beast of a band as it sprints into previously unexplored musical territories: brilliant." - DrownedinSound.com

"Like a post-hardcore brainstorming session on where music should go next." - Steve Lamacq

"A genuinely scary art-metal racket." - The Independent

Video - 'The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor':

New single 'Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor', available on 7" and digital download, released March 3 on Drowned in Sound Recordings.