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The English "prog-post-mathcore-rock-stuff" quintet aka YMSS (see also "Youthmovies") was formed in Oxford, UK in 2002 by Andrew Mears (guitar and vocals), Al English (guitars, synths and samplers), Stephen Hammond (bass), Graeme Murray (drums) and Sam Scott (Trumpet, Flugelhorn & Organ), displaying much early promise with the restless, wildly eclectic sound of 2003's mini-album Let's Get Going... You're Fracturing Me With This Misery. Subsequent releases included splits with cult Math Rockers The Edmund Fitzgerald (whose members with Youthmovies' Andrew went on to found Foals), further EP releases and collaborations with the American spoken word artist Adam Gnade, by which time they had shortened their name (see Adam Gnade & Youthmovies). The full-length Good Nature followed in March 2008 under the shortened name Youthmovies, showing the band's sound progressing into a less-harsh but still thoughtfully artful direction, with the Polyp EP coming later that year. In December 2009 the band announced their split. A farewell tour is planned for March 2010. Their sound has previously included blasts of cathartic noise mingling menacingly with brooding soundscapes, disturbing spoken-word samples and a sharp, technicolour canopy of feedback, drone and nerve-chilling atmospherics. though with 2004's mini-album hurrah! another year, surely this one will be better than the last; the inexorable march of progress will lead us all to happiness (on the Fierce Panda label) and the 2005 si
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The Pitch and Yaw of Satellites
8,6412Ores
6,7493Recovery Speak
6,6034A Little Late He Staggered Through the Door and Into Her Eyes
5,0245Spooks The Horse
3,6036Spooks the Horse (65daysofstatic Remix)
3,3787...Spooks the Horse (65daysofstatic remix)
2,5048Sook
2,0639A Little Late He Staggered Through
1,66410Give An Infinity For, Or Leave the Building
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Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; the Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness
Hurrah! Another Year...
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Let's Get Going... You're Fracturing Me With This Misery
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