Sean O’Donnell Announces His Intention to Leave Yellowcard

Sean O’Donnell, bassist of Yellowcard and formerly of Reeve Oliver, has announced his intention to leave Yellowcard due to personal reasons.

Full details of his decision to depart the band can be found on the official Yellowcard website.

You Me At Six – Bite My Tongue (feat. Oli Sykes)

The second single to be taken from You Me At Six’s ‘Sinners Never Sleep‘ album, ‘Bite My Tongue‘ is an impressive little offering from the band featuring guest vocal work from Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes. Given the inclusion of Oli Sykes on the track, it therefore comes as little surprise that the track has a little more bite about it than we’ve become accustomed to in the past with the music of You Me At Six. The pop punk style we’ve come to associate with the band is still very much there, and if you’ve had a chance to listen to the band’s ‘Sinners Never Sleep‘ album then you’ll have noticed that a number of the tracks continue on from where ‘Hold Me Down‘ left off. ‘Bite My Tongue‘ is one of the tracks that hints at where the band may be heading in the future however, a track that very quickly gets into its stride with some powerful guitar work and the impressive vocal styling of Josh Franceschi.

The vocal screams of Oli Sykes contrast nicely with the more clean vocal approach of Josh Franceschi. The track most definitely benefits from the presence of Oli Sykes, and it’s his vocal duties that really help to give this track an extra edge. Without Sykes’ presence this would still be a decent offering from You Me At Six, with the Bring Me The Horizon man present here however the track is really taken to another level when he makes his appearance. Perhaps one possible direction for the future of You Me At Six could be for them to add an additional vocalist alongside Josh, someone to add a few screams and growls to the music whilst Josh Franceschi continues to provide the clean vocal touch. ‘Time Is Money‘ featuring Winston McCall of Parkway Drive fame provides further evidence that this could be a worthwhile avenue for the band to consider for the future.

The music of You Me At Six certainly seems to be changing, the future looks good for the band however, and if you’ve ever been a fan of the band’s sound in the past then I’d definitely recommend checking out ‘Bite My Tongue‘. In fact, given the band’s shift towards a slightly heavier sound, even if you haven’t been a fan of the band in the past then still give ‘Bite My Tongue‘ a chance as you just might be impressed with what you find here.

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You Me At Six 2012 Headline Tour

You Me At Six is all set to embark on a headline tour of the UK in March/April 2012, culminating in a show at London’s Brixton Academy on April 2nd.

The following is a full list of the dates that the band is all set to play:

March
17th Leicester, O2 Academy
18th Nottingham, Rock City
20th Bournemouth, O2 Academy
21st Yeovil, Westland Centre
23rd Cardiff, The Great Hall
24th Liverpool, University
25th Newcastle, Academy
27th Glasgow, SECC Hall 3
28th Manchester, O2 Apollo 3

April
1st Birmingham, Ballroom
2nd London, O2 Brixton Academy

Skrillex ft. Sirah – Weekends

Not the kind of track that we’d normally feature here at Alt-UK, but I’m really loving Skrillex’s ‘Weekends‘ right now. Electro house at its very best.

You can currently download the track completely for free from SoundCloud and I’d most definitely recommend that you do so.

Little Fish – Wonderful Video

Official video for the Little Fish single ‘Wonderful‘.

All Time Low – Forget About It

There are a number of incredibly catchy tracks to be found on ‘Dirty Work’, and in my opinion ‘I Feel Like Dancin’ which was co-written with Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo was a solid choice to be the first single. Fast forward four months however and the band has followed it up with a very lacklustre single in the form of ‘Forget About It’. If I was put in charge of releasing the second official single from All Time Low’s ‘Dirty Work’ studio album then I really don’t think that ‘Forget About It’ would have struck me as an obvious choice. ‘Forget About It’ is pretty safe and inoffensive; then again its title is also somewhat ironic in that I’d say that it’s also pretty easy to forget about this track.

Previous releases from the band such as ‘Weightless’ and ‘Lost in Stereo’ from the ‘Nothing Personal’ album, as well as the aforementioned ‘I Feel Like Dancin’ have come with incredibly catchy choruses; whilst the ‘Forget About It’ chorus is mildly pleasing, I just don’t feel that it carries the same sort of weight as the band’s previous successes. ‘Forget About It’ will perhaps prove me wrong and prove to be a chart success, in my opinion however this is a track that showcases the band far from at its best. Alex Gaskarth’s vocals are solid here as always, instrumentally the band does little to really grab me here however and the track is lacking a real killer guitar hook.

I’ve been a big fan of All Time Low since 2007s ‘So Wrong, It’s Right’ and have a general love for all things pop punk, despite my appreciation of the band generally however and firm belief that ‘Dirty Work’ is a decent studio release from All Time Low, I just don’t feel that ‘Forget About It’ is one of the band’s best.

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New Little Fish Single ‘Wonderful’ set for Release in September

Oxford’s Little Fish will release new single ‘Wonderful‘ on September 26th through Estupendo Records.

‘Wonderful‘ is the first single from the band’s second studio album and can be listened to here:

Templeton Pek – Break The Habit Video

Official video for the Templeton Pek track ‘Break The Habit‘. ‘Break The Habit‘ is taken from the Templeton Pek studio album ‘Scratches & Scars‘, available now through Longbeach Records Europe and Small Town Records UK.

A Day To Remember Add Second London Date

As a result of the show at The Forum on November 18th having sold out, A Day To Remember has added a second London date scheduled in for the 19th for all those that missed out.

August Burns Red, The Ghost Inside, and Living With Lions are the other bands that will be performing with A Day To Remember on the Eastpak Antidote Tour 2011.

You Me At Six Unleash ‘Loverboy’ Single

You Me At Six is all set to release new single ‘Loverboy‘ on September 25th, taken from the band’s forthcoming third studio album ‘Sinners Never Sleep‘.

The following is the cover art for the new single:

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