Young Man

Add Date: May 22

Artist: Young Man

Album: Vol. 1

Label: Frenchkiss

Genre: Indie rock, pop

Comments: The cover art screams "enlightening angst," but don't make that stop you from picking up Young Man's third release, Vol. 1. Young Man, the ongoing project of Colin Caulfield, has actually been releasing music over the last year and a half, but this is the first studio album recorded with a full band (which explains why the title is Vol. 1 and not Vol. 3). With that said, the indie rock group starts the first of (I assume) many "volumes" with steady bass grooves, drifting synths, melodic falsettos, and sprawling melodies. While Vol. 1 isn't the most original or life-changing sound out there, it has enough variation in sound and emotion to comfort your inner teenager. Keep to tracks 4, 5, 7 and 1.