From the UK comes the always amazing indie band, The Manatees, and they come to us with the introspective tale of "Innocence of Youth". With this amazing blend of melodies and lyrics they open up their hearts and souls to speak about life and what it means to grow up. It's a song that embraces the ups and downs, the happy and the sad, and understand that all of these things need to come together to move forward and mature.
"Innocence of Youth" does want anyone to not accept that life is made of mistakes, sometimes made by us and sometimes by others, but in the end we are all human and nobody is perfect. It's a marvelous soundscape that speaks to our senses with words that resonate quite naturally and instantly from the moment you press play. So listen closely and fall prey to the sweet magic and raw storytelling that makes this track an absolute must-listen gem. Enjoy!
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"I wrote ‘Innocence of Youth’ as a ‘coming to terms’ with past mistakes. Growing up is hard and we’re bound to slip up. We’re human - we harm, we lie, we steal, we cheat. We also get hurt, get lied to, get stolen from and get cheated.
As a band we’re now in our '20s, we’ve hurt and we’ve been hurt. I put it down to the innocence of youth. It’s not a get out of jail free card, regret is a good thing, but we need to move on eventually. Of course it’s easy to say, harder to practice.
We recorded it in Liverpool with our long term producer-turned-friend, Tarek Musa (Spring King, The Big Moon, Gengahr). The soundscape is nuts, it’s shoegazey, vibrant, dense and euphoric. It's hooky too, a proper windows down screamer."
Jay of The Manatees about "Innocence of Youth"
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