The Underground Youth announce limited reissue of 'What Kind Of Dystopian Hellhole Is This?' 

Reissue of The Underground Youth’s classic ‘What Kind Of Dystopian Hellhole Is This?’ album just announced! Limited to only 250 copies on 180g eco-mix vinyl with alternative cover artwork, it’s available to pre-order in the Fuzz Club store now alongside a limited new ‘Dystopian Hellhole’ tee here

Originally released in 2017, ‘What Kind Of Dystopian Hellhole Is This?’ expanded The Underground Youth’s lo-fi psychedelic post-punk foundations into something more textured and ambitious. Reverb-drenched guitars, brooding rhythms and Craig Dyer’s unmistakably haunted vocals drift between menace and melancholy. Balancing tension with atmosphere, melody with abrasiveness, ‘Dystopian Hellhole’ reflected a world that was teetering on uncertainty then, and sunk deeper into the abyss since. Nearly a decade on, the album’s stark mood feels undiminished and the titular question it poses remains more apt than it’s ever been.

Looking back on the record, Dyer says: “Ten years ago I was starting the writing process for what would become ‘What Kind Of Dystopian Hellhole Is This?’ We’d just moved to Berlin and David Bowie had passed away, come the end of the year we’d had the Brexit vote and Donald Trump was elected President of the US. It was an uncertain time and the songs that we recorded in Leo’s basement studio that summer were soaked in the fear and anger that accompanied the politics of 2016. They also happened to be beautifully layered and catchy songs that perfectly encapsulated what I wanted my band to represent. An album often cited by fans as their favourite from our back catalogue, it also remains one of mine.”