(2020) Young the Giant - Young The Giant [10th Anniversary Edition]


Review:
Elektra recording group Young the Giant celebrates the tenth anniversary of their RIAA-certified Gold, self-titled debut album, with Young the Giant (10th Anniversary Edition). Young The Giant (10th Anniversary Edition), which is highlighted by a pair of breakout hit singles in the Platinum-certified “My Body” and 2x-Platinum-certified “Cough Syrup,” also features 4 bonus tracks, including a recent re-recorded version of “Take Me Home” – initially cut under the group’s prior moniker The Jakes on the out-of-print Shake My Hand EP. For the special 10-year anniversary virtual concert experience, the band return to the site of the album’s genesis-the world-famous Sunset Sound Studios- for a one-time performance of the record in its entirety. Young the Giant unassumingly morphed from a Southern California band of teenage friends into a platinum-certified arena headliner with an alternative sound equally entrenched in integrity and infectiousness. Released digitally on October 26, 2010, the band’s 2010 self-titled full-length debut, Young the Giant, has become a seminal alternative rock album, earning Gold certification from the RIAA and spawning two signature singles: “My Body” (RIAA-certified Platinum) and “Cough Syrup” (RIAA-certified 2x-Platinum). Fronted by Sameer Gadhia – who the New York Times calls, “one of the great contemporary rock voices” – the band have released a string of critically acclaimed albums over the past decade, including RIAA-certified Gold Mind over Matter [2014], Home of the Strange [2016], and most recently Mirror Master [2018] including the hit song “Superposition”, which peaked at #1 on the Alternative Radio Charts and has been certified Gold. Along the way, they also headlined sold-out shows at hallowed venues such as The Forum, Radio City Music Hall, The Greek Theatre, The Aragon Ballroom, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre, to name a few in addition to making main stage appearances at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Governor’s Ball, and many more. With just shy of 1 billion streams and widespread acclaim, their impact only continues to grow with each subsequent release as they never stop evolving. Lead Singer Sameer Gadhia recently launched a diversity spotlight called Point of Origin, presenting opportunity to artists of color in the alternative genre through a partnership with SIRIUSXM and PANDORA. Gadhia is Indian-American and is dedicated to challenging the homogenous narrative of Alternative and Indie Rock Music by amplifying voices of color in the past, present, and future of the genre.





Tracklist:
01. Apartment (2020 Remaster) (3:55)
02. My Body (2020 Remaster) (4:04)
03. I Got (2020 Remaster) (4:20)
04. Cough Syrup (2020 Remaster) (4:09)
05. God Made Man (2020 Remaster) (4:47)
06. 12 Fingers (2020 Remaster) (4:17)
07. Strings (2020 Remaster) (4:10)
08. Your Side (2020 Remaster) (3:51)
09. Garands (2020 Remaster) (4:06)
10. St. Walker (2020 Remaster) (4:08 )
11. Islands (2020 Remaster) (4:05)
12. Guns Out (2020 Remaster) (4:41)
13. Every Little Thing (Demo) (2:43)
14. Typhoon (2020 Remaster) (4:10)
15. Strings (Reprise) (2020 Remaster) (5:17)
16. Take Me Home (2.0) (4:07)


Media Report:
Genre: indie-pop, rock
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits