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1. One Look (It's Love!)
2. The Greatest Game
3. I'll Sing With All My Heart

YSN continue to fly in the face of the trendily abrasive guitar fashion of the moment with this latest instalment from their musical production ‘Conquests’. Though perhaps initially less catchy than their previous release, ‘One Look (It’s Love!) lacks nothing in terms of imagination with regards to the arrangement that features stuttering drums, piano and synthesiser sounds thrown at the listener with enthusiastic abandon, and vocal lines pronounced with the fervour of a singer unabashed in his attempts to cultivate, unashamedly, an instantly recognisable pop persona. Track 2 ‘The Greatest Game’ explores the notion of love with similar reverence for the electro-pop of the 1980s - not one for the skate punks that hang out at the mall this, but I doubt that’ll phase YSN for one second. The intro to track 3 ‘I’ll Sing With All My Heart’ sounds like an outtake from Fleetwood Mac’s Tango In The Night, but, soon enough, the familiar blend of sounds and influences evident in the first two tracks return, bringing joy to anyone yearning for a combination of Adam and The Ants and Orange Juice and horror to anyone that despises the camp and the theatrical. They’re not going to please everyone but I guess they knew that already!

Will Gray

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