Youthmovies - The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor Video

Youthmovies
The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor
Video

Youthmovies release a new single 'The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor' on March 3rd 2008 through Drowned In Sound Recordings. The single is taken from their new album 'Good Nature' which will be released on 17th March 2008.

Hailing from Oxford, Youthmovies are a convergence of music styles, often within the same track. They make what could be considered 'prog-pop', an adventurous blend of the intense time signatures of bands like Cap 'n Jazz, backed with epic orchestrations whilst doing those Radiohead and Battles genre flips. Youthmovies also have a penchant for party bands like Q and Not U & Les Savy Fav, but all the while retaining an element of storytelling that conjures up a myriad of imagery.

Members of the band also run Try Harder Records which released Foals debut, as well as singles and albums by the likes of Blood Red Shoes, Jonquil, and even released a Youthmovies/ Adam Gnade collaboration (Honey Slides EP).

They are regularly involved in one-off live film soundtrack and art events, have been Saul Williams's backing band (at the Carling festival) and thus far have various releases, most notably the mini album (Hurrah! Another year, surely this one will be better than the last, the inexorable march of progress will lead us all to happiness) on Fierce Panda records.

All this made them a real 'band's band', even influencing ”Forward Russia! to become what they are today. Whiskas from the band said, "We basically formed out of me & Rob following Youthmovies around the North of England. We spent all the train journeys taking everything in and planning our next move, which would be ”Forward, Russia! For a long time a few years ago, Youthmovies were heads above anything happening in the UK - and for me, they still are."

Youthmovies play a string of shows over the next few months:

Sat 23 Feb Consortium (Adventures In The Beetroot Field) Bournemouth (£5. doors 10pm)
Sun 2 Mar London Scala w/Dead Meadow
Mon 3 Mar Glasgow King Tuts w/Dead Meadow
Tue 4 Mar Newcastle The Cluny w/Dead Meadow
Wed 5 Mar Manchester Night and Day w/Dead Meadow
Thu 6 Mar York Fibbers w/Dead Meadow
Fri 7 Mar Cardiff Club Iffor Bach w/Dead Meadow
Sat 8 Mar Carlisle Brickyard w/Foals
Sun 9 Mar Newcastle Academy 2 w/Foals
Mon10 Mar Glasgow QMU w/Foals
Tue11 Mar Manchester Club Academy w/Foals
Wed 12 Mar Birmingham Academy 2 w/Foals
Fri 14 Mar Norwich Waterfront w/Foals
Sat 15 Mar Oxford Academy 2 w/Foals
Sun16 Mar Brighton Concorde 2 w/Foals
Mon 17 Mar London Astoria w/Foals
Tues 18 - Sheffield, Corporation 0114 2760262
Wed 19 - Nottingham, Bodega Social 08713 100 000
Thurs 20 Mar Fabric (Adventures In The Beetroot Field) London (£10. doors 10pm) 020 7549 4844
Fri 21 - Tunbridge Wells, Forum 0871 277 7101
Sat 22 - Cambridge, Portland Arms 01223 357268
Sun 23 - Coventry, Taylor John's House 024 7655 9010
Mon 24 - Bristol, Cooler Club 0117 9450 999
Tues 25 - Liverpool, Korova 0151 709 7097
Wed 26 - Hereford, Jail House 01432 344354
Thurs 27 - Norwich, Queen Charlotte 01603 631144
Sat 29 Mar Rhaaa Lovely Festival Cortil Wodon, Belgium -+32 498 612437
Mon 31 - La Fleche d'Or, Paris, France

APRIL
Tues1 - Brighton, Freebutt 01273 603974
Wed 2 - Southampton, Joiners 02380 225612
Thurs 3 - London, ICA 0)20 7766 1419
Fri 5 - Leeds, Library 0113 2440794

Ticket £5 regionally and £7 London. Available from venues and online.