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Juliette

The music of Young Decades is filled with empathy and conviction. The East Midlands indie scene was introduced to their sound with a string of self produced releases and self promoted gigs beginning in early 2022. By 2023 they’d attracted nearly 1M streams and their last single of the year 'Pendulum' was named BBC Introducing East Midlands Track of the Week and gained 52 regional radio playlistings. Introduced also was the remarkable tight-knit quartet of musicians headed by the bands producer and songwriter James Tidd on vocals; Marcus Houghton on Guitar, Liam Downey on Bass, Lee Cameron on Drums. Their next single is ‘Juliette’

Musically wistful and lyrically sardonic, ‘Juliette’ is a breakup song from the perspective of one of the now single partners. A song about how you just weren't right for each other, about how two people can be on totally different pages with no way to reconcile. Opening like some scratched sgt peppers era vinyl, the band are reaching out for as unique a sound-set as possible. Using broken guitar pedals, exotic recording techniques and anything they can get their hands on - it shifts oddly between chords while still sounding like the band found it in an old chord book. The song ends on a 'Man of the World'-esque minor note, as if you might just stay single forever now you've been thoroughly burned by the opposite sex.

Young Decades lyrics dart between both detached impressions of and unflinching sight of modern life with all it's goods, evils, gods and devils. The sound is melodic, compelling and recognisable among its contemporaries bringing a broader pallet of arrangements and songwriting colour. Heavy on lush pianos, harmonies, key changes - they're a band comfortable in their voice. Crowd favourites include songs like 'Man on Mars' and 'Sinner' which along with 'Mediterranean' was featured on BT Sport's UEFA Champions League live prime time coverage.

The band is mixed by life long friend Tom Longworth (Oscar Lang, Vistas, Bloxx, Spector) and mastered by the award winning Kevin Tuffy (Alfie Templeman, Chaka Kahn, JC Stewart). Along their way the band have also cultivated a close knit group of mentors including Sean Devine (ex VP @ ASCAP) and Ian Burden (Bass, Human League).