the Youths

NEW SHIRTS!!!!!!!!!!! (12-13, S, M)
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the Criminal Iq Youths page is up here
REVIEWS:
www.reckless.com:
Chicago's own CRIMINAL IQ records is proud to present the debut 7" from this amazing Portugese punk group THE YOUTHS. Complete with high energy songs with a sort of DEAD BOYS meets early DAMNED kind of sound complete with distorted vocals & even some hand claps. CRIMINAL IQ has yet to slip up & this record continues the hot streak.
http://www.strangereaction.com:
From Portugal, The Youths play great, old-fashioned, pissed-off, teenage rebellion punk ‘n’ roll. With garage rock stomping and production, complete with hand claps, this record is a fast, smart blast of angst done right. These guys are tuneful but don’t veer into pop-punk territory, this is a raw record from start to finish and is getting lots of play in my house at the moment. I’m hoping they can turn this into a full album someday soon. Fans of the Armitage Shanks, Billy Childish and The Reatards should take note.
We're the Youths! 7" EP (Criminal IQ Records)
(REVIEW BY LORD RUTLEDGE) in http://www.geocities.com/nowwave/records/youths.html
The Youths are Portuguese kids playing hardcore punk, and they've knocked out one whopper of a debut record. That part of all of us that's eternally teenage can't help but relate to this gang's restless alienation and furious spirit of defiance. The sound is good old hardcore punk: fast but not warp speed, powerful but not abrasive, tuneful but not overtly poppy. This is great stuff: simple in approach, minimally produced, sung and played with urgency and conviction. In this day and age when young people are often dismissed as amoral, thoughtless wastoids, it's great to hear kids with something to say about the world and how they fit into it. "Zombie Youth" and "Decontrol" are raging indictments of the band's generation, lamenting widespread addictions to pills, popular culture, and the trappings of consumerism. "The Walls" is a burning call to break loose from the figurative restraints that keep us from being truly free. "Alone and Smiling" is one of the most honest and inspiring celebrations of punk music that I've ever heard:
These fucking songs/
They won't save me/
But for sure make me smile/
This is all I want/
And this is all I've got/
Welcome to my war, welcome to my world/
I'm still doing this for myself/
This isn't a tribute/
Fuck your monuments to thieves
Hell yeah to that! These kids remind why I love punk rock. Buy this record and play it loud!
Lord Rutledge March 8, 2007

“Decontrol” EP
I dunno if they are 14 or 40, but THE YOUTHS handle on expressing adolescent frustration is cut from the same mold as countless classics before them. Lyrical clichés such as dealing with a certain, inescapable bleak future or feeling like teenage zombies are in place for a reason I suppose, as shit like this seems to get me on board immediately. Maybe you’re never too old to feel this way? This single has the same sort of feel as recent retro Euros like the VICIOUS or TRISTESS, but packing a little more wallop. Pretty good shit! (MC)
Maximum Rock’n’Roll 286
Another burning Latino punk band lighting up M-80 dreams of freedom under the numbskulls of complacent and frightened masses. The Youths sound like youths everywhere. Sick of playing the games that prepare them for an adulthood of diminishing returns and wanting more than choices of self-destruction in a society that moves towards global destruction. "Decontrol" uses the great 50s rock n' roll/70s glam technique of handclaps to accent the drugged apathy of their peers in mid tempo 70s/80s punk motorik. "Zombie Youth" speeds up a tad as the existential blues increase to George Romero levels. "The Walls" acts as the sonic battering ram against psychological /emotional walls that we build up as we socially get torn down. The Youths aim at the space behind the mental and physical walls they need to break in front of them and deliver 5 high thrills/low frills numbers in a style Roberto Duran or Muhammed Ali would appreciate. criminal Iq records
Demo reviews
So Portugal may be the poorest country in Western Europe, punk rock wise they are turning out to be rich rich rich and this awesome young band from Lisbon has a whole lot of punk rock talent /moolah stuffed down their tight black jeans. From the outset, they have the energy, hand claps, and distorted vocals that makes for a guaranteed raised arm salute. Classic 77 garage, mixed with a bit of Detroit and a whole lot of punk whoopness. Look out for their new 7 inch on Criminal IQ soon. People are going to be talking about it
Tim Scott http://www.screamingbloodymess.com/
Whats a Yoot? Come on, did you think I could let this review go by without that line from "My Cousin Vinny"? This Portuguese band proclaim that in the opening song, chanting We're the Youths repeatedly and it does sound like yoot. I'll stop being a wise-ass now because this a damn good demo. Jabbing 77 meets garage punk with a clean guitar sound and snotty cheap-mike vocals. "Decontrol" has some nifty hand-claps, as well. Theres also a bit of an artsy element without being pretentious about it. Such a basic approach and it fucking works.
Al Quint - MaximumRocknRoll ..278 / Suburban Voice
The Youths kick ass! They are the lost children in the family of great punk coming from our Swedish friends like The Vicious and other Wasted Youth stuff. Totally rockin, snotty and heartening! They even throw in hand claps here and there. I am in love.
MaximumRocknRoll 278
THE YOUTHS LIVE IN LOGROÑO (SPAIN) DECEMBER 2006