Album Reviews

You Me At Six (aka youmeatsix aka yma6 aka ym@6 aka ymas) is an English poppunk meets emo band who got together in 2006. Their career highlight at the moment is probably their UK tour with Fall Out Boy and – of course – their debut full-length, “Take Off Your Colours”.

They’ve worked on the thing for over a year and it shows. The songs on “Take Off Your Colours” sound more American than most American bands but without sounding overproduced like so many of their transatlantic peers. Plus these Surrey lads seem to have mastered the art of writing catchy hooks ages ago. What’s even more remarkable is the fact that even the obligatory slow songs (here present in the form of “Always Attract” and “The Rumour”) are worth listening to and don’t score high on the gag factor! “The Rumour” gets all epic on your ass towards the end with massive gang vocals, which I kinda liked.

Anyway, whether you like this sound or not there’s no hiding the fact that these guys are good at what they do even if they aren’t original at all. But hey, it’s only their debut so who knows!