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he now works at Fat Cat and they have a new album due in 2010

I don't think that was meant to be public knowledge yet.

One of the best

was one of the all-time best. Leeds was always good to us but that gig in particular was beyond anything we'd previously experienced in that town.

Go listen to Magic Diamond on their myspace

http://www.myspace.com/whyyoum

SPLIT UP

would love to hear We're Unknowing if you know that one still

a full tour I'm afraid. It'll be 6 gigs at most.

For those asking of future plans, Sam has a new Jonquil album forthcoming, as does Andrew solo as 'Pet Moon'. Al is currently starting a new band in London and I'm sure Hamm and Graeme both have stuff up their sleeves.

there's nothing else out there to release.

Thanks for caring dudes!

The gig at your shed was legendary. One of the best. Sure we'll cross paths again when our new bands play out.

Legend.

I'm with you about a Cambridge date on the last tour - it'd be a great shame not to see them one last time.

collaboring with Tomassi? How was that? Did anyone record it?

Great band with a lot of potential. Try and make Manchester one of the final shows please. x

let's get going... ?

where people think bands owe them something, should be grateful for what you've got from them.

was weird so few people were at the gig with damo susuki. was it not recorded?

requests for the final shows...

oh! magic sleeps
ores
the pitch and yaw
magic diamond
magdalen bridge
archive it everywhere
...spooks the horse
lock the door adrienne

Andrew's new Pet Moon stuff is outstanding. And songs, not talking, in case you were wondering.

My new band becomes real once I get back to Crouch End next week. There are songs and people (who you will already know) but we haven't actually started anything yet.

I'm also working on a record with Gnade.

Al.

We were going to wait to announce our demise until we had our final shows in place - if nothing else to make us feel better about the end of what's been an awesome, turbulent, terrible and wonderful period in our lives; it's a sad time for us and we wanted to be measured about it; but as is the case nowadays - the internet had it's way.

There's a part of me that would love this to be an amputated, acerbic mess of a break-up, for the romance of it, but we're still friends, still love to play and there's no attitude about any of this; we're all at good points in our lives, just very different ones. Life has spread us out over the country now and it's become a logistical nightmare to get our shit together. I think there was a good chance that had we made the next record, our distance would have had a bad affect on the music. We've always been close and it's the only way we know how to work with one and other. So, not wanting to tar what we've done in the past, we're calling it a day and looking to the future...

Sam has a forthcoming record with Jonquil, and has begun to work on his solo 'solid gold dragons' project, which I can only assume will be a mixture of hilarious and obnoxiously accomplished. Al is starting a new band in London and helping to pull the strings behind great event after great event.
Graeme has plans for some kind of drum group to do drumdrugs to and is moving in to production at the studio we've built with Jonquil and Foals. Ham, no doubt, will continue to make noise and electronic records under 'hamm' and 'hold my hand I'm dying'. I am in the process of recording a solo record under the name of 'pet moon', it'll be done by spring next year. I'm also working on collaborations with Mitch Cheney (sweep the leg johnny, hey tonal, rumah sakit), Oxford band 'Coloureds', as well as some of the old stalwarts. I can tentatively say I just finished my book - which I'm reading from on the 9th of January as a part of Sebastian Thomas' 'human drift' sculpture exhibition at Art Jericho, 6 King Street, Oxford. It runs from the 2nd. Collectively Sam, Al, Graeme and I (as well as members of Jonquil, Foals and the Oxford art community) will be putting on exhibitions, club-nights, printing literature, and releasing records as part of the 'Blessing Force' cult. Standby. You can also expect more from our 'vertical montanas' collective.

Anyway I don't want to ramble on, just to say - thank you massively to everyone that's ever helped us out, we've only ever got by on the kindness of strangers and the strangeness of their kindness'. Thank you to everyone, who looked beyond our flaws and pomp and saw something sincere and necessary; thank you to our friends in bands - don't take any shit from anyone; thank you to our girls - you deserved better; thank you to the haters, the hungry and the money-grubbing industry types - aiming to be the antithesis of you has made us everything that we are. Thank you Al, Graeme, Sam and Ham - you are beyond friends, do yourselves proud, I love you.

We are going to do our best to make these last few shows special, I hope you can make it.

I guess it fits to say -Hurrah! Another year, surely this one will be better than the last, the inexorable march of progress will lead us all to happiness.

Andrew
xxx

'A Little Late...'. There's no way these final gigs are going down without that "stops & starts" breakdown!

I DID see a puddy tat...

That makes me feel a lot better.

reckon we can get a 2oo6-esque HOTS (northwestern) and komakino (you animals) show together for one of the last shows? would be fun times! i can def book it up here...maybe down your way? let me know!!xxxx

mint. I love you guys so much

ive had some fun dancing about and listening to youthmovies. au revoir from the adelphi! we didnt always get the people for you but we always had the love for you! x

so many great bands because of my love of Youthmovies. Seeing Ed Fitz, Jonquil, Foals, 65, Gnade, Rolo Tomassi, Tired Irie, Komakino (and more i can't remember) just because you guys were playing with them or had recommended them. You really changed my musical landscape. Thanks for everything.

I'd probably say that YMSS were my favourite band when I started writing music and influenced Cats and Cats and Cats sound massively. I still remember being stunned when I saw them supporting Cursive at the garage. Hurrah! was really important in redirecting what I was listening to then and I really wish my copy of the cardboard version hadn't been stolen.
Well I'm glad I got to see you loads of times, play gigs with you a handful of times (ie not enough!) and hang out with you in the studio for the broken throats sessions. Best of luck with all your future projects and I'll definitely be at the farewell gigs.
Bencat x

I remember watching them on the cabaret stage at Leeds festival. I think the Darkness or someone was headlining on the main stage at the same time, and there were only 20 or so people watching Youthmovies. They completely blew me away, best band of the festival. I enjoyed them at the night and day as well. Its nice when a break up happens naturally though, without arguments (if that IS what has happened).

Come to Bristol and I'll definitely show my face. And my taramasalata coloured YMSS t-shirt.

My best memory is of you all soundtracking the Minor Threat live footage on the first night of Leeds. Magical stuff.

Sook live would be EPIC!

Was just thinking back through Youthmovies live experiences and had completely forgotten this little beauty a couple of years back. A collaboration with Jonquil over an hour of video clips of films. Superb stuff - wish there was a recording somewhere.

I have loads of memories - they were the 3rd band we ever put on, on the DIS tour with Redjetson on the 9th August 2004 (I think) at The Joiners. They all their man make up at my co-promoter's mum's house.

We've since put them on 3 more times, I think my favourite was the Youthmovies, Adam Gnade & Blanket show at The Railway in Winchester, 3 awesome acts and a proper party atmosphere for the closer, Honeyslides.

Seeing them at ATP was damn cool too. And at Audioscope.

So cheers YMSS / Youthmovies, you're one of the reasons we started Ejector Seat and got into all this promoting lark. Thanks for all the albums/eps/singles, the great shows and the good times. Look forward to the new projects.

supporting death cab at ULU in 2004. first time i saw them and i seem to remember they only played for 20 minutes because the drum kit fell apart.

the previously mentioned hitchin show.

that rota show just before the album recording.

the show at the rhythm factory with 65days just after One Time For All Time came out.

i think the key thing here is that it was one of the first times i ever came across a "community" of UK bands (so to speak) that were friends and played together and influenced each other. good times.

i rather like this bit here: gallery of wonderfully shot photos from youthmovies and Adam Gnade's first tour together. It's over at Gnade's writing website. But the photos aren't his

http://news.adamgnade.com/post/308510895/adam-gnade-youthmovies-tour-photos

the one of sam scott dancing and pouting is a riot

Rape alarm.

I'm in for London and Oxford shows....and I'd be up for driving you guys around if you need it.

Let me know.

Big love.

Gizzi.

This one's better than the link I posted above. I followed the link to this, a full gallery of tour photos. youthmovies and people like gnade, jonquil, blood red shoes, eugene mcguinness, mostly antics, backstage, drinking, and general mayhem. That's one of the reason i always liked them. always lads.

http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj272/adamgnade/ADAM%20GNADE%20YOUTHMOVIES%20TOURS/

great band obviously.
some of my favourite times seeing them:
first time, in the barn at truck, when the barn stage was in the bit that's now just used as a corridor to get into the actual barn. everyone all topless and at least a couple with shaved heads, looking like an early dc hardcore band covering king crimson. all guitars smashed up. i still have one of their volume knobs on one of my guitars.

LSE WHORE FEST. crablin convincing fishplums to start a stage invasion with him and them being the only ones. on a stage that was about 5 inches high.

singing along to hyyyyyyyyyyymmmmmmmmns have trumpet parts breakdown however many times, especially at truck festivals where other people have joined in, and at the astoria supporting foals where all the skins teens looked scared half to death

collaborating with Pens at leeds 2007 was pretty lolz

those come to mind quickly

just seeing Youthmovies more than any other band and always enjoying every second.

from the very first time at Reading festival which seems like such a long time ago to having you guys upstage Forward Russia completely and utterly right up to the last time in Bristol (november last) and being handed the guitar for honey slides and struggling to stand up and running into a wall whilst Al sort of gyrated behind.

not to mention a time before hand (Rolo Tomassi tour) where me and my friend weren't allowed in the venue and you guys opened the van and lent us yr sleeping bags and the only way we could repay you was to buy biscuits. that was a freezing 3 hours looking through a peep window in the venue door. but your wonderful friendliness made it so much more inviting to suffer such horrible exposure.

its nice to say i could call one of my favourite bands friends to even the smallest degree, but thats the way you made us feel. so thanks Al and Youthmovies.

Robin x

(ps, we NEED to hear Recovery Speak and Archive at the last shows : ))

is definately when I saw them in Cardiff during the 2004 Redjetson tour. I got wasted and ended up going back to Oxford with them, and nearly choked to death in the van on the way there. I didn't get a very warm welcome when I got back to Cardiff the next day cause I was meant to be in work and was meant to go to my girlfriend's that night, but it was totally worth it.

That gig at the ICA for the Type2error night was great too, although I made a bit of a tit of myself by getting everyone there to wish my mum happy birthday via a dictaphone.

Deffo one of my all-time favourite bands (if not my favourite). I was absolutely gutted when I found out, but am well looking forward to the last shows. Aiming to get to the London and Oxford shows.

RIP yet another fantastic band.

Massive ^this to the whole band 'community' thing, I spent a large portion of my gap year and first year at uni running around all over places near London and Bristol to see The Ed Fitz, YMSS, 65days, Redjetson, Bullet Union, etc etc. It was the first time I'd felt remotely connected to what was going on within a group of musicians, and it was pretty inspiring to see.

Memories:

First time seeing YMSS, with Cursive and Bullet Union (what a gig), back when Cursive were still playing with Greta on the cello, and seeing a small group of jet-black-hair-too-many-badges kids audibly confused about what they were hearing. I seem to remember several 'What the fuck is this?'es.

Youthmovies with 65days and Redjetson at ULU, the first time I'd seen 'Ores' played live and one very impressed friend.

Again with 65days at the Croft in Bristol, lit by one uber strong red spot light - lighting settings at that point were either 'on' or 'off'. I think the common consensus from all bands was that 'off' was far superior to 'on', and a gig in the dark ensued.

Gig at Bristol's Louisiana just before 'Good Nature's release, and taken aback by Andrew's shaved back 'n' sides look.

So long guys, cheers for all, and looking forward to hearing what comes next.

I'm not going to list memories or all of that (though I have a few fabulous memories watching the band and spending time with its members); I think I might get around to writing something lengthy and indulgent when the time for these gigs rolls around.

I can quite happily say though that few bands have introduced me to as many other artists or spent as much time thanking their passionate fanbase for their (sometimes INSANE) support in whatever they did.

I feel proud to have been part of DiS when the band were active and able to convey the passion that existed across the whole staff for their music when I had the chance.

Very excited for the farewell shows.

sad news. i'm glad you guys are all still friends and it pleases me you'll still all be fully immersed within music for some time only pains me that it won't be the youthmovies i've grown to love after what was the most anticipated debut album maybe ever! but seriously, amazing.

personally being 20 now and maybe 15/16 when i started listening to you guys (through DiS i must say), it was always an ambition to see you, i got to on about 4 or 5 occasions growing up and each time was always more special than the last, fittingly ending with a gig last august in Malmesbury, Wiltshire haha Panic Fest, i put it on and i unfortunately Jonquil had to pull out last minute but the show went on nonetheless with yourselves headlining, Gossamer Albatross, Luke Leighfield and a load of others playing before you guys. I remember being there at the festival i'd put on with help from friends, family etc. amazingly overwhelmed by singing these lyrics i've heard time and time again and finally on the real LP as my friends surrounding me were singing them and amazed that amidst all of it you guys had agreed to play it for us/me. i'll never forget the shock, awe and pleasure when you saw the bombay bad boy pot noodle and selection of cheeses we'd got for you guys :), it's the little things.

thanks anyway, for not only that, but for all the music you have indeed provided us all.

alex

My dream list for this whole bizness.
1. have adam gnade along for the tour
2. more than six dates
3. "pitch and yaw" live
4. t-shirts. never got one
5. longer sets
6. pet moon sets for the support along with gnade

My dream list for this whole bizness.
1. have adam gnade along for the tour
2. more than six dates
3. "pitch and yaw" live
4. t-shirts. never got one
5. longer sets
6. pet moon sets for the support along with gnade

Thanks to Youthmovies for being incredible people and an incredible band. I have so many delicious memories of playing shows and travelling the land with you guys and I know tat I speak for all the Redjetsons when I say we cherish those memories. When we first toured with you guys we were completely wet behind the ears and you really helped initiate us into the whole deal with massive kindness and love... it was always a complete inspiring pleasure for us to spend time with you. See you at one of your farewell shows.

was Oxes, Part Chimp, YMSS and The Edmund Fitzgerald in a dodgy corner of Brixton, alan proclaining the EdFitz to be the best band in the world and proceeding to blow them and the rest of the bill offstage. I taped your RoTa show and it was wonderfully ferocious! Any plans to record the last show?

some seriously good times to this band.
Standout memory was them, San Luis Obispo and Oxes at Exeter Rugby Club. It was epic, rugbly club regulars at the bar confused, Pitch and Yaw seared into my mind and is still my favourite (near-)instrumental ever.

http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/music/they-shall-not-grow-oldmovies/2010/01/07/

behind the split...

http://bit.ly/8qLirM

here's what foals said

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=38221052&blogId=523948758

I nearly have to always travel to Cov to see Youthmovies.

As far as Covenry washouts go the gig with Jonquil was one of my best ever. We decided to miss the last train and get a taxi back to Birmingham just to watch the entire set which cost £40 (admittedly alchohol/payday influenced this matter greatly aswell so its not as i'm feeling sorry for myself)

It was a top night and sometimes even if theres 10 people at a gig it can still be lifechanging for those in attendance!

I also travelled to the gig with Rolo Tomassi at Taylor Johns. It was quite funny seeing people ask for their money back upon hearing Rolo Tomassi.

So yeah I know Bimingham wont be on the list of dates but hopefully Derby or Cov will and a good sendoff will be given!

amazing about people asking for their money back when tomassi played. were they bad or was the crowd back?

They were abysmal but for all I know they could have been playing a blinder of a set for people that like them!

I think it was more of a case of people coming along after hearing the hype and being unprepared for what Rolo had to offer!

do you have a website anywhere with writing posted? if you had one, i'd read it regularly. there's just so much trash out there in the blog world

yeah, the sun, he wrote this one: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2470484/Oxford-calendar-girls-bare-all.html

the decent Glasgow promoters?

I'm booking the tour now... Any recommendations would be welcomed.

Cheers, Al.

http://open.spotify.com/artist/1p10alpwobpzoGa9vVw8iz

hopefully see you guys in leeds one last time!

Great to know the booking is underway!

right, this link below is the best eulogy i've read thus far. personal. eloquent (kind of). impassioned. detailed. everyone who ever cared about (or hated) Youthmovies should read this.

http://axlspotatofarm.blogspot.com/2010/01/rip-youthmovies.html

and yes i did spend my break googling youthmovies, andrew mears, adam gnade, youthmovies, andrew mears, adam gnade, youthmovies, andrew mears, adam gnade over and OVER AND OVER AGAIN. i am so pathetic. so what?!

have any of these tour dates been booked officially yet? fingers crossed for shows with adam gnade. i want to hear honey slides one last time before i die. will there be copies of the honey slides ep on the merch table? please play spooks the horse and everything from the polyp besides sad trash. i can't wait for this tour

No offence to Polyp, but I wanna hear old stuff!

then why did i bother replying to this thread. because i don't care.

www.getagig.info

i think people want to hear the new stuff because it hasn't made it around on so many tours. the hurrah stuff was given years of shows. that being said, i want to hear both. i've had the pitch and yaw of satellites on repeat for a while. i love how it kicks in with such a classic at the drive in guitar part. love it. great song. and andrew's vocals are perfect.

speaking of old stuff i got a good laugh about this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QZsZkX9rSA

speaking of adam gnade, i'm a genius and found his new release before it was announced (which is supposed to happen today)

http://adamgnade.bigcartel.com/product/surrenderland-cassette

I kind of wish every good band would steal that idea

Looks like he's coming over...http://thefourohfive.com/articles/2383

Thanks! Have you heard the new songs? Have they changed their style?

youthmovies for the first time right now, they better be as spectacular as this thread suggests.

rather, and this is hypothetically speaking, I'd say it would be better to make a new-to-youthmovies mix for someone to digest in internet-era speed. let's say

1. pitch and yaw
2. a little late
3. spooks the horse
4. TNGIAM (homeless version)
5. it's five o clock in america
6. honey slides
7. battlefield
8. archive it
9. cannulae
10. polyp
11. become an island
12. magic diamond

any beg to differ?

I'd say cut Become an Island, add We're Unknowing, put polyp last and add last nite of the proms to the good nature section.

http://www.onebrow.co.uk/2010/01/25/archive-it-everywhere/

give us a hint, then, a good word, a clue of something t'come?

toss us something! supports! something!

make sure you have a scottish date and i'll show my face. I remember you guys being so loud at truck once that i had tinnitus for the rest of the festival :)
Anyone remember quietcrown? He had sight-sound synesthesia and claimed that for most of your set he couldn't see :D

planning on taping/recording any of these shows?

much?

MUCH

excitement in hopes that adam gnade will play. excitement that jonquil will play. excitement that i will hear honey slides on last time before i die. excitement that some hurrah songs will make it onto the set list. excitement that, as thenewone stated above, some one will tape these shows. excitement MUCHLY.

excited. well excited. if somebody can post pre-sale tickets that would be good. afraid of the shows selling out

gonnae sort out a scottish date

glad these got announced! good that adam gnade is on them (though i'd rather he be on me)

tape this gigs!

Leicester Charlotte years ago, who knows when, a speck in the past, Youthmovies played then we ran upstairs to catch Tired Irie in our faces in that tiny room and THEN ran back downstairs to catch 65, perhaps unmemorable for bands involved but i'll never forget it, an unrelenting wonderful gig. Sad to hear of the Charlotte's corporate demise, sadder to hear this.

I get back to England on the 27th so can't make the London date but really really can't miss this tour. I've seen Youthmovies so many times over the years, mainly thanks to Al being a downright legend and getting me gueslist a few times, and I really can't explain how sad this news makes me.

Youthmovies eulogy for your reading pleasure

http://mwevans.tumblr.com/post/389567475/youthmovies

The high Wycombe massive wants to represent!

with that link, so check this one. this is links to london, oxford, and edinburgh

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?query=search&INTERFACE=ticketweb&category=misc&region=xxx&search=youthmovies&beginmonth=02&beginday=19&beginyear=2010

If anyone's having trouble go through the O2 Blue Room page and there's a link on there (if you're an O2 customer, natch).

I'll have just finished a 30 hour coach journey and will then probably have to drive to Oxford but still, couldn't miss this.

are almost sold out.

Info on supports and DJs is available on the Facebook page too.

for real? this will be really cool if so.

Is Adam Gnade still coming over?
Noticed the tour dates have disappeared form his website today when I looked to see if extra supports had been added yet.

yay

Our lift hasn't shown up. We have tickets, someone come and pick us up PLEASE. There are two of us. We have a litre of gin.

Please pick us up. The train is £37, we can't afford it. If not we're going to have to hitchhike.

We promise lovely banter.

going on saturday?

what's it been like? good mix of old and new? long sets? emotional farewells? :)

It's going to be fun/emotional, I think the emoticon for that is :')

A copy of "Let's get going ..." they no longer want? It's the only youthmovies release I didn't get and now seems to be impossible to get.

adam gnade is writing one of the youthmovies tour.

it's at http://adamgnade.com/

my favourite part is when he compares playing the Manchester Nite and Day to, "lying tied-up on a dirty, wet floor while a thousand deviants stood over me jerking off on my face--a rain of cumshots and a total stripdown of ego and defenses."