You Me At Six - Sinners Never Sleep
By Hannah-Jane Roue on 04/10/2011
Back at school we all learnt to be sceptical about rumours but when they fly around about a new album release it takes a great pessimist to retain all excitement.
You Me At Six have released their new album Sinners Never Sleep. Reviews are squirting out left right and centre, boasting of maturity, darker lyrics, ballads and glamorous riffs. Personally, I found the rumours of “heavier, darker sounds” a tad misleading as the new album fits in perfectly with their sticky finger lickin’ pop punk portfolio.
However after some research, front man Josh did tell Coup de Main magazine last year that the songs would be ‘heavier’ than their past albums but contrary to belief, he did state that some of the tracks could feature on a Coldplay album and others with Parkway Drive.Sinners Never Sleep was going to be a menu of style from the start, not the glitzy metal album people have been anticipating.
They recorded in LA with producer Garth Richardson, a name that circulates amongst the superior such as Biffy Clyro and Rage Against the Machine to name a couple. The album also features Oli Sykes of Bring the Horizon and Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall on two separate tracks. On top of the big names it contains commercial pop punk, emotional ballads and a whiney Panic! At The Disco-esque track. It all sounds pretty appetising, right.
Winners of The Best British Band at the recent Kerrang! Awards, these surrey lads are obviously within their prime. It all began with their spotlight debut album Take off Your Colours and their second release, Hold Me Down. Since the early days they’ve also released a couple of singles. ‘Rescue Me’ a catchy radio play featuring an American hip hop blokeChiddy Bang, whoever that is. Throughout their discography they have matured, stabilised their own sound and beckoned a vast female fan base.
The quintet have taken a transition with Sinners Never Sleep and it boasts of what the lads can do best, and then some. Most importantly the fans won’t be disappointed. Perhaps an opposite to what some of us were hoping for but the range You Me At Six can cover in one album is admirable. Sinners Never Sleep has given them a new permission to push with the next level and dangerous risks in the future.