Having always had a great knack for penning incredibly catchy pop-punk songs, You Me At Six once again showcases with ‘Lived A Lie‘ a fantastic ear and ability for this sound with what is perhaps the band’s most impressive single to date. Josh Franceschi is a frontman that has really matured since the band first rose to fame with their ‘Take Off Your Colours‘ début album in 2008, and with ‘Lived A Lie‘ he shows just how far he has come over the past five years, a great tonal quality to his voice that is absolutely central to this track’s success.
With an extremely strong guitar intro, ‘Lived A Lie‘ is a track that grabs your full undivided attention right from the offset, maintaining it throughout with some excellent instrumental quality, brilliant vocals, and an absolutely incredible chorus. Like a lot of the band’s singles the past few years, ‘Lived A Lie‘ gets straight inside your head and has you singing along in no time as Josh Franceschi belts out the single’s anthemic chorus. The track is absolutely infectious, a piece of music that all of the band’s members can definitely be very proud of, and a single that should surely go down well with the band’s fan base as well as perking up a few ears of the as yet uninitiated.
Whilst You Me At Six went a little darker on studio album number three with collaborations with Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes and Parkway Drive’s Winston McCall, the band has never really strayed too far from that tried and tested pop-punk formula, and if ‘Lived A Lie‘ is anything to go by then this will continue to be the case with fourth studio album ‘Cavalier Youth‘, due for release later this year.
You Me At Six is a band has definitely improved a great deal since the ‘Take Off Your Colours‘ days, and this first single from ‘Cavalier Youth‘ definitely provides great hope and promise that the next album will mark another great leap forward as the band continues to progress, mature, and improve.
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