8 April 2025

New album artwork

Manchester‘s psych post-punk mavericks THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH,
orchestrated by voice/face/songwriter Craig Dyer released their 12th LP,
titled DÉCOLLAGE.

Press info: Self-written, recorded and produced by Dyer, ‘Décollage’ is an exercise
in artistic deconstruction in both name and form, marking a decisive musical shift
for The Underground Youth.

Dyer about the new album: “Décollage is the art of creating an image by ripping, tearing
away or removing pieces of an original existing work. My idea was to apply this technique
to music. My idea was to apply this technique to music.

Serge Gainsbourg

“I built walls of static coated hip-hop drum samples, layers of Lee Hazlewood style string arrangements and Serge Gainsbourg inspired mellotron melodies, then I began tearing
away at these beautiful, chaotic walls of noise.”

Lee Hazlewood

It’s a trip-hop infused soundtrack to a collection of lyrics dealing with adoration, ancestry, originality, hallucinations of revolution and a hope that something better can be born from
the ashes of the horror that exists in our world.”

TUTV: Décollage doesn’t sound like a traditional record to my ears, it sounds more like listening to a film noir score with a friend, who came over on a lazy night for a drink and
a chat. Relaxing, charming and soothing music like this is the perfect match for such occasions.

Singles: You (The Feral Human Thunderstorm) / One of The Dreamers / Calliope

– YOU (The Feral Human Thunderstorm) –
Orchestral splendour

– CALIOPE –
Spine-chilling musing

– ONE OF THE DREAMERS –
Tantalizing romanticism

ALBUM

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