The Underground Youth release their twelfth studio album 'Décollage' today!

Berlin-based post-punk band The Underground Youth, led by Blackpool-born musician and author Craig Dyer, release their twelfth studio album ‘Décollage’ today! Purchase the album on colour vinyl (only 10 copies of the limited eco-mix pink LP remaining!) and CD here

‘Décollage’ is an exercise in artistic deconstruction in both name and form, marking a decisive musical shift for The Underground Youth. “‘Décollage is the art of creating an image by ripping, tearing away or removing pieces of an original existing work’. My idea was to apply this technique to music”, Dyer explains. “I built walls of static coated hip-hop drum samples, layers of Lee Hazlewood style string arrangements and Serge Gainsbourg inspired mellotron melodies, then I began tearing away at these beautiful, chaotic walls of noise.”

The result is “a trip-hop infused soundtrack to a collection of lyrics dealing with adoration, ancestry, originality, hallucinations of revolution and a hope that something better can be born from the ashes of the horror that exists in our world.” From moments of ghostly minimalism to sweeping crescendos of noise and melody, there is a shadowy, dreamlike quality to the songs here.

In support of the release of 'Décollage', the band play Barcelona Psych Fest and Madrid this weekend, with more EU dates to follow in May. Tickets available now