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GANG OF YOUTHS – ” Heroes ” David Bowie Cover

Posted: January 17, 2016 in MUSIC
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Gang Of Youths gift us a stirring cover of David Bowie's Heroes

People around the world are paying tributes to the Goblin Prince in all manner of forms, and Aussie lads Gang of Youths are here in honouring David Bowie by releasing a magical rendition of Heroes. The cover replaces Bowies 70s sound with a Gang of Youths signature Kansas-esque strings backing and a marching kick drum, as well as dreamy synth and guitar hooks. Front man David Le’aupepe possesses one of the most intensely honest voices you are likely to hear, This uniquely authentic vocal soars over the whole track, something I’m sure Mr. Bowie would have been very pleased to hear.

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Le’aupepe writes on the bands Facebook page, “At the risk of being trite, Heroes changed my life. The melody accompanying “I, I will be king/and you/you will be queen” is to me, not only the finest melody the Thin White Duke ever wrote but among the finest ever written period.”

i wish i had some ornate or choice words to express how sad i am at the moment but i don’t, so i figured the best way for me to remember David Bowie was to cover the first song of his that i ever heard.

at the risk of being trite, “Heroes” changed my life. the melody accompanying “i, i will be king/and you/you will be queen” is to me, not only the finest melody the thin white duke ever wrote but among the finest ever written period.

and if you listen to the synth line in the end chorus of our track “radioface” very, very closely you can hear a small nod to “Heroes”.

GANG OF YOUTHS – ” All My Friends ” Cover LCD Soundsystem for Like A Version

Posted: January 14, 2016 in MUSIC
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Gang of Youths bring us the longest cover in Like A Version history, a triumphant version of LCD Soundsystem’s classic ‘All My Friends’. Like A Version is a segment on Australian radio station triple j. Every Friday morning a musician or band comes into the studio to play one of their own songs and a cover of a song they love.

Popular Sydney outfit Gang Of Youths swung by the triple j studios this morning to lend their name to the Like A Version hall of fame with a paradigm-busting seven-and-a-bit-minute full cover of lengthy mid-2000s indie anthem All My Friends, by LCD Soundsystem.

Batting away breakfast co-host Alex Dyson‘s inquiry as to whether the lads would be taking the “radio edit” route given the original’s more-than-seven-minute run time, Gang Of Youths bring a distinctly rockier vibe to the track, doing away with its iconic, persistent piano line in favour of some sparkly guitar strumming, but otherwise they do an honestly pretty tremendous job at evoking the slow-build vibe of melancholic reflection that so indelibly defined LCD Soundsystem’s original — and, to their credit, the ultimate payoff, around the six-minute mark, is fittingly ethereal, infectiously ebullient, and impossible to deny.

Get amongst what we are led to believe is officially the longest Like A Version cover in history — certainly, it ranks among the most polished, at any rate

GANG OF YOUTHS – ” The Positions “

Posted: January 14, 2016 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Talk about turning a negative into a positive. When in 2012 David Le’aupepe’s then-wife received the news that the cancer she’d beaten into remission had returned, the singer turned to music as a coping mechanism. Enlisting the help of his best friends, he started writing and recording songs, some of which would end up on Gang of Youths’ debut album, The Positions. At times heartbreaking (“Knuckles White Dry”), at points uplifting (“Magnolia”, easily the most upbeat song you’ll hear about a near-suicide attempt), and always affecting, its 10 songs heralded the arrival of a songwriter who could distil love, hate, life, pain, heartache and joy into a song, and with him a band capable of bringing that vision to life in incendiary fashion. Together they took an album cloaked by the spectre of death and turned it into a celebration of life.

Cleverly contrasting the sarcastic social media presence of frontman and founding member David Le’aupepe, Gang Of Youths debut full-length The Positions is a deadly serious affair, brimming with the pure honesty and emotional weight behind Le’aupepe’s rollercoaster of a relationship with a girl diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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Whether it’s the brief but eclectic synth leads of ‘Restraint & Release’ or the subtle orchestral elements of ‘Kansas’, each of the album’s ten tracks bring forth something that make it stand out, all of which are only further accentuated by Le’aupepe’s gloriously diverse vocal range and attention to detail. The Positions is one of the most promising debuts to come out of Australia in a while; not only does each song drive such melody and emotion, but also the dedication and raw talent is simply undeniable

GANG OF YOUTHS – ” Poison Drum “

Posted: May 6, 2014 in MUSIC
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