Bring 'em Down

VINYL FORMAT. "Bring 'em Down" b/w "Run Away May." This new blast from Rococo Records is a two-song single from Young Boys, a four-piece from Brooklyn, New York, who craft urgent pop songs drenched in reverb-y feedback that should make any fan of The Jesus and Mary Chain quiver in delight. But while there are many bands out there that merely worship at the feet of TJAMC and exist in supplication mode, Young Boys are not merely copyists. They do have a knack for placing the listener in that era, though. On the B-side, "Run Away May" they evoke the feel of The Psychedelic Furs, at precisely that time the band were shedding their darker skins and easing into their pop life... but certainly prior to Butler and Co.'s loss of integrity and willingness to re-record creepy classics for mainstream fame. One can only imagine what the screaming feedback must sound like when they press their head stocks against their amps. Young Boys demonstrate that they have balls, Pop balls, psychedelic garage-punk balls maybe, but balls, nonetheless.