Youngster

     So I hate myself for being gone so long. But to make it up, I'm gonna review my best pick of all time. Now this album has a little bit of a back story on how I chose it. I was looking through the bargain bin and I see an album with the words 'Rickolus' on it. Being that my dad's name is Rick and Rick plays guitar, I turned to him and told him he was on this album cover. After that coincidence I obviously had to choose it. So I bought it and listened to in the car back home.
     At first we thought it might have been Matthew Shultz' [lead singer of Cage the Elephant] side band or something because the vocals sound remarkably like him. But no, Rickolus is completely independent, completely underground, and completely excellent. When listening to Youngster the first time, track 2, 'Photographs', particularly stuck out as a masterpiece. It has a very simple yet relevant bass line that really makes the song. The way they build up the song is also great. After further listening over the next couple weeks, I discovered that I liked the song 'My Old Face' too. It has a very Radiohead vibe, and when I played it for my friend that's who she thought it was. Like Radiohead, there are a couple experimental songs on the album that wouldn't really sound good on their own but seem to fit with the overall flow. In conclusion, this was a very enjoyable album to listen to and I encourage anyone to go out and buy Youngster, especially if you want hipster stats cause they're really talented and really unknown.