“Our debut was a lyrical meltdown,” says Chris Pritchard, guitarist of UK metal punks, Blood Youth, speaking of his band’s 2015 ferocious call to arms, Inside My Head; “With this new E.P – Closure – it’s about what Kaya once felt coming to an end. And for all of us this EP is literally closure for the personal anxiety we all felt while writing Inside My Head. The whole thing was a recovery process. Full circle.” Despite being only 10 months young, Blood Youth have already made a hefty dent on the national scene, helped along by attention grabbing appearances at Download Festival and Hevy Fest, and tours alongside the likes of Beartooth and Architects. Recorded once again with producer Jonny Renshaw at Bandit Studios, Closure sees the quartet confident and utterly in charge. Here vocalist Kaya gives us an insight into the creation of the artwork for the new release…
For our second release, ‘Closure’ we wanted to continue the themes that we set in ‘Inside My Head’
Jake Carruthers designed both covers and in my opinion, he is the best in the game at the moment. That hand drawn almost cartoony style is something we are huge fans of and Jake’s style really brings out that sense of angst and frustration. We wanted to get across the idea that this is what my mind looked like when we were writing both EP’s.
Each animal represents a different thought or emotion and they are all having this epic standoff within, continuing that idea that these are 4 major events that have occurred in life. At the time it was all being put together we wrote down a list of animals and what each one represents. I’m pretty sure the first draft included a goat, but we replaced him with a gnarly mammoth!
In my opinion, the artwork for both EP’s are the perfect representation of the very intense and frustrated story they are telling. We have already begun discussing what the next artwork will feature and if we will continue this theme!
Blood Youth ‘Closure’ Tracklisting: 1. Breathe | 2. 24/7 | 3. Mood Swing | 4. Closure
Blood Youth Live:
13.05.16- Longlive Rockfest, Lyon
31.05.16- Borderline, London (w/ Every Time I Die)
01.06.16- Underworld, London (w/ Every Time I Die)
02.06.16- The Dome, London (w/ Every Time I Die)
04.06.16- Camden Rocks
09.07.16- 2000 Trees, Cheltenham
- Blood Youth Released ‘Closure’ via Rude Records on 11th March 2016. Get it now:
Physical: https://smarturl.it/BYClosurePhysical
Digital: https://smarturl.it/BYClosureDigital
Stream: https://smarturl.it/BYClosureEPStream
- Watch Video ‘Closure’ Now: https://smarturl.it/ClosureOfficialVideo
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