The North - Coming of Age

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Leeds’ The North released their latest EP ‘Coming of Age’ at the start of May.

Here’s our track-by-track review:

Can’t Sleep

Ecstatic licks cleansing the soul as wave upon wave of youthful exuberance washes over you.

Frontman Billy Memphis unleashes a vocal drawl for the masses to worship once again. Effortlessly cool and snarling, he crashes into the chorus of “I love you / I know you love me to” with the reckless abandon that only youth can muster. Isolated and muddied in thought, the protagonist's sleep-deprived state spews out an isolated and broken soul that everyone will root for.

The desperation Memphis imparts to be free of his in-between phase, to have arrived, to not have doubts, is gloriously angst-ridden.

Is this ever gonna end?
Or is coming of age dead?

Coming of Age

Every generation needs a voice. The North is this one!

Lost, defiant, desperate, hopeless, angry, but all the while hopeful. The North have threatened greatness from their debut single ‘Soundtrack Your Soul’, and here it is fully formed.

Distorted guitars, Julian Casablancas' vocals (before the failed autotune experiments), boisterous riffs, and a Dookie sense of abandonment are wrapped in this euphoric journey to nowhere.

Eyelashes

Trying to find the perfect band is impossible. Right? When The North blend the infectious indie rock n roll of The Ks with the abrasive punk rock of Idlewild, well, you must give serious consideration to the fact that you might have found it.

Tubes

For the first time, the band allow for space to breathe. Bigger landscapes just mean vaster dreams for The North. There‘s nothing they can’t do and do it better than everyone else!