Youre Nothing

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Just out of their teens, it seems Copenhagens Iceage have only added to the anxiety and tension that made their debut album New Brigade so compelling. But now, with two years of touring behind them, theyre challenging their raging emotions instead of simply expressing them.

When watching Iceage live, you get the feeling the songs could be just about to fall apart before they miraculously recover, always rewarding you with a climax. Its this menacing energy found in their shows thats more forceful on Youre Nothing. The guitars flay violently and the vocals sound furious at times, but theyre also far more melodic and dynamic than on their debut.

Morals displays this wider range in emotion, using piano for the first time, repeatedly winding up anticipation before Elias franticly unleashes the questioning Wheres your morals?

The album finale and title track Youre Nothing contrasts New Brigades closer Youre Blessed, best demonstrating the cohesion theyve now achieved.

Youre Nothing is the sound of a band pushing their singular mix of punk, Goth, hardcore, and post-punk to even further extremes. In doing so they create an overwhelming number of different ways in which to write a short, aggressive rock song, with each element vying for attention.

Taking Youre Nothing as a moment, it captures four boys making the successful transition to becoming challenging young men.

What the press said about New Brigade: A refreshing and extraordinary debut Pitchfork; Highly evolved, and dangerously self-aware The Quietus; A dark horse in the running for the best rock record of 2011 The Guardian; The most captivating and essential punk band to hit the UK in years NME; The hottest new noise in hardcore Kerrang