ALBUM: SAUNA YOUTH – DEATHS

Riddled with angst, Sauna Youth express their feelings in a quite British 70’s fashion, spitting South East accent vocals over a ‘The Jam’ like setup. This, a follow-up to their 2015 debut album ‘Distractions’ strikes a similar chord, but they’re still pushing the envelope. The album explores the theme of death in a very literal […]
ALBUMS Blanck Mass: Dumb Flesh Alternately transcendental and crushing, Blanck Mass’ second album takes the abrasive ambience of his debut and marries them to stuttering glitch and punishing beats. Powerful, throbbing sound disorientates, blurring into high contrast synths and ravey stabs, walls of droning noise, exotic rhythms and twitchy samples. It’s aggressive, it’s blissed out, […]

2015 END OF YEAR – ANDY VINE

SAUNA YOUTH UNVEIL ‘THE BRIDGE’ VIDEO & ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES

Sauna Youth are excited to announce their first European tour early next year, visiting France, Spain, Belgium and Holland, as well as UK dates in Brighton and London: 27th January – Brighton, UK – Sticky Mike’s w/ Soft Walls, The Glugg 28th January – Rennes, France – Bar’Hic 29th January – Bordeaux, France – TBC 30th January – San Sebastian, […]
Monotony is the ‘evil twin’ of DIY crusaders Sauna Youth (Jen, Rich, Chris, and Lindsay forming both bands). Limited to 300 copies, this 12″ is delightful in its shouty A to B delivery, providing post-punk goods. Boasting a scuzzier sound compared to the SY side of the yin-yang of the two bands, this recording has […]

Album Review: Monotony – Monotony

MONOTONY TO RELEASE LIMITED EDITION VINYL

The evil twins of Sauna Youth will release the self titled 12” on the 14th August via Faux Discx. The six songs were previously only available as a download and fleetingly as a limited cassette on Comfortable On A Tightrope. Pre order at: http://www.fauxdiscx.com/shop/monotony-monotony Monotony will feature hand screen-printed artwork by The Positive Press and limited to 300 […]
Directed, shot and edited by Gary Mcquiggin of Welywyn Garden City, known for his work previously with The Pheromoans,The Bomber Jackets and Deerhoof, the film recalls James Broughton’s surrealist miniature The Pleasure Garden (1957). Using a number of the same locations, the band appear, disappear and re-appear amongst and against the modern day remains of […]

SAUNA YOUTH RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘TRANSMITTERS’

LIVE: SOUNDS FROM THE OTHER CITY – 03/05/2015

– VARIOUS VENUES, SALFORD – With 13 stages and over 100 acts playing during 12 chaotic hours along Salford’s Chapel Street, each reveller is likely to have a very different experience on this bank holiday weekend. All music genre’s are covered, including dance, rock, classical… there’s comedy and art on display, a variety of food […]