The Underground Youth – Bottled Time
“Bottled Time” has an origin worth telling. Craig Dyer of The Underground Youth recently composed the soundtrack for a short film called “Die Schöne Blüte” by director Marvin Delhaes, due out in the coming year. This was one of the pieces written for it, and according to Dyer it kept lingering for weeks after it was recorded, to the point where he asked Delhaes if he could release it as a standalone single. The director was happy to let it go out ahead of the film, so here it is, on Fuzz Club Records.
You can hear the film origins in how the track is built: stark and atmospheric, working in soft tones and a slow rhythmic pull rather than the rawer post-punk end of the band’s range. The Underground Youth started as Dyer’s solo project in Blackpool in 2008 and is now a Berlin four-piece with drummer and visual artist Olya Dyer, guitarist Leonard Kaage and bassist Samira Zahidi. Twelve studio albums in (most recently last year’s “Décollage”), they’ve covered everything from lo-fi psychedelia to gothic folk-noir, and this single sits comfortably in their more cinematic register. It’s part of a string of standalone singles this year, following “O Evangeline” with Sade Sanchez of L.A. Witch.
I like when a piece of functional music refuses to stay functional. Dyer couldn’t shake this one, and after a few listens I understand why.
Tour Dates:
Europe:
- Jul. 2 / Soliera, Italy / Arti Vive Festival
- Aug. 1 / Oira, Italy / Mountain Sound Festival
- Sept. 23 / Vienna, Austria / Arena
- Sept. 24 / Graz, Austria / Music-House
- Sept. 25 / Linz, Austria / Last
