E.P Review: Your Demise – Cold Chillin’

Say what you like about Your Demise, no go ahead, say whatever you want, because if there is one band out there who don’t give a single shit, it’s probably them.

Which leads me onto the main point about their new E.P, Cold Chillin’, it sounds exactly how Your Demise want it to sound. The internet shit storm that they received over The Golden Age probably got a tad tiresome for those guys and while I wasn’t a fan of the sound, I can appreciate why you would want to mix it up, it keeps the band fresh. Cold Chillin’ doesn’t sound too much like either of the previous two releases. What YD have managed to do is strike a fine balance between the moshable riffs of TKWUTB and the skate-punk pace of The Golden Age to make it into a very listenable four track E.P.

The only negative point I feel, is that the E.P starts off with the best track. Karma is arguably the best song that Your Demise have written since the likes of Shine On and Burnt Tongues. It has an irresistible  charm to it that all good songs need. If you’ve been anywhere near Twitter recently you’ll have done well to miss seeing “Bitch don’t kill my vibe” being retweeted, favourited or just put out there showing some love for the song. Ed McCrae does what he does best on this track, his vocal delivery alternating between rough shouted vocals and a tongue in cheek delivery that works so well for Your Demise. The highlight of the E.P for me are the riffs that get thrown around in this song. Guitarists Stu and Oz deserved plaudits for bringing the riffz here. Respect.

A Song To No-One and Nearly Home zip past in orderly fashion, not exactly massive ear grabbers but still decent songs that would rate at around a 7/10, but not quite as good as Karma. 

It’s the final track Just Like The End which brings it to a cool end. Back comes the elements that made The Golden Age a record that dripped with fun, those Offspring style gang vocals in the chorus, the skate-punk riffing and pace to accompany it, but mixed in with some harder guitar sounds in the verse. 

What I really like about this E.P is that people have tried to label Your Demise as a ‘radio friendly’ band recently just because some DJ’s have given them a bit of mainstream exposure. Listen to the lyrical content on this record and you’ll be able to hear that none of these tracks have been written with the mainstream in mind, really good to hear.

To sum up Cold Chillin’ in pretty simple terms; the people who have made their minds up about Your Demise because of The Golden Age, leave it alone, don’t bother, you wont enjoy it. People who want to give Your Demise a go, listen to this, embrace it and most of all have fun. I for one did that and I really enjoyed this E.P. Really promising stuff, 2013 is looking good to go for Your Demise.

Check out the video for KARMA:

Pick up Cold Chillin’ from Pinky Swear Records HERE

Your Demise release new video

Your Demise have released the latest video to come from their 2012 album ‘The Golden Age.’

Having suffered a massive backlash from legions of internet warriors for the video from lead single These Lights, YD have played it safe with the most recent video for Push Me Under.

Instead of a montage of shopping, walking with the crew and singing on the top of tall buildings, YD have instead decided to have a video of doing what they do well; playing live.

“Less of this…”

“…More of this”

Comprised of footage from two sets, one at Tramlines Fest in Sheffield and the other from supporting Young Guns at Shepherds Bush, the video is a meat and potatoes live vid with a bit of fancy editing.

Thankfully the song is better than These Lights and is probably the heaviest and most moshable song from The Golden Age. The album still splits opinions, but if you fancy something that verges between standard hardcore and old school skate punk with choruses, then check it out.

Have a watch of the video and see for yourself.