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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut album for the Cardiff, Wales-based indie rock band was produced by David Newfeld.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 29
  2. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. The Welsh band's debut full-length captures more believable, crackling punk energy than most hardcore bands.
  2. Recommending this album seems too light a course of action; requiring it may be more apt. Consider Hold on Now, Youngster...highly required, then.
  3. Filter
    84
    The tasteful kiddy nature and contrastingly mature metaphors, literary lessons and appropriate disdain, all end with a sense of urgency, making for an impressively full album [Winter 2008, p.100]
  4. 80
    Hold On Now, Youngster... overflows with irony, pumping out bright indie-pop songs with titles such as “... And We Exhale And Roll Our Eyes In Unison” and “This Is How You Spell ‘HAHAHA, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux-Romantics.’”
  5. Chock-full of glockenspiel, keyboards, hand claps and boy-girl harmonies, Youngster is playful and fun.
  6. However much Los Campesinos! need a good editor--both for its music and lyrics--a red pen would only ruin the fun.
  7. Alternative Press
    60
    Youngster is only temporarily satisfying. [June 2008, p.135]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. MattH.
    Nov 24, 2008
    10
    There's no way an album this catchy should still sound so good after 30, 40 or 50 listens, but "Hold on Now, Youngster" is packed with There's no way an album this catchy should still sound so good after 30, 40 or 50 listens, but "Hold on Now, Youngster" is packed with just as much detail as it is raw energy. This is a spectacular debut album. Expand
  2. PaulC
    Apr 26, 2008
    10
    A solid, fun album you will find yourself listening to over and over again. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite albums of the year.
  3. AdamD
    May 1, 2008
    10
    Do yourself a favor, buy this album. Amusing, musically mature and diverse, takes hilarious shots at its fan base while still being a Do yourself a favor, buy this album. Amusing, musically mature and diverse, takes hilarious shots at its fan base while still being a powerful album. I cannot stop listening Expand
  4. IainM.
    Apr 4, 2008
    9
    Not quite as good as the live experience but still an amazing album. This is a band that Cardiff is justifiably proud of at a time when we Not quite as good as the live experience but still an amazing album. This is a band that Cardiff is justifiably proud of at a time when we are producing any number of great acts. Expand
  5. AlanF.
    Jan 10, 2009
    9
    Wow. Refreshing smooth with energy, melody, and originality. Not trite, not too much. Please play loud.
  6. RichardB.
    May 26, 2008
    9
    Great debut album, did take me a couple of run throughs to really like it, but its definitely worthy of being in anyone's record collection
  7. taptap
    May 16, 2008
    2
    One great song, 'You, Me Dancing' but the rest are absolutely terrible. And bad singing as well. I seriously don't understand One great song, 'You, Me Dancing' but the rest are absolutely terrible. And bad singing as well. I seriously don't understand the above reviews. Collapse

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