Souvenir's Young America

about

Souvenir's Young America is a three piece instrumental band from Richmond VA. They create sounds that could be called electronic, metal, prog, country, and ambient all at once, making something very different and new. They tour a few times a year and are currently working on new releases. For more info check out their sites at: www.syarva.com or http://www.myspace.com/souvenirsyoungamerica Here are some reviews for their first self titled full length which is on UndeRadar (CD) and E-Vinyl (LP) = "Tough to stand out these days in the super saturated genre pool that is metallic post rock but these guys manage to pull it off big time, borrowing equally from nineties post rock, crusty sludge, epic instrumental chamber rock, and then adding in their own 2 cents. Some Morricone-ish spaghetti western twang, some Krautrock-y groove, some bits of twangy slide guitar, thick swaths of fuzzy drifting guitar ambience, dizzying angular riffing, dense tribal drumming, buzzing almost new wave sounding synths... But it's the bands' deft hand with melody and songwriting and arrangement that makes this record so moving. The focus is way more on mood and texture than heaviness or brutality (although it is occasionally both heavy and brutal), with a crushing dirge suddenly collapsing into the prettiest dang melody you've ever heard. We're such suckers for the slippery dreaminess of slide guitar. We sort of wish it was everywhere, on every song, but as it is, when it does kick in, we get

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An Ocean Without Water

The Name of the Snake

Souvenir's Young America

September Songs

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The Silent Ballet: Volume 5

S/T

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The Silent Ballet: Volume V

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September Songs (EP)

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The Silent Ballet, Volume V: I Let My Fears Get the Best of Me

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Souvenir's Young America / Spylacopa (Split 7")

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Souvenir's Young America/Spylacopa (Split)

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Souvenir's Young America/City Of Ships (Split)

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