Another Form of Relief

The Young Knives seem to be a band that want to have fun, something quite rare when it comes to bands these days. Their songs obviously have no desire to be serious, and their stage show is (or at least was) littered with random self-depreciating banter throughout. Although when you appear to have John Hodgman in your lineup, what else can you expect?

Of course, all of this could have changed for all I know. Being as up to date as I am, the last thing I heard from them was 2006’s Voices of Animals and Men. Maybe they have taken a turn for the serious since then, but it seems unlikely. The Young Knives as their whimsical selves fills a whole that isn’t already filled by every other “indie” band. This will never be music that forms a classic album, but it can certainly make a fun one.