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Go Farther in Lightness is the second studio album by Australian alternative rock band Gang of Youths, released on 18 August 2017 by Mosy Recordings. Written entirely by frontman David Le'aupepe, its lyrics focus on "the human experience in all its bleakness and triumph", detailing a mission of finding hope and love amidst personal struggles like loss. The 77-minute rock album also contains three orchestral interludes composed by Le'aupepe. The release of Go Farther in Lightness was supported by the record-breaking Say Yes to Life Tour in Australia and six singles, including "What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?" and "Let Me Down Easy" – the latter became the band's first top 50 single in Australia. The song also polled at number two in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017, where three other tracks placed in the top 10. The album debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, and was certified platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in 2020. Go Farther in Lightness was acclaimed by music critics and featured in several end-of-year lists. Nominated for eight categories at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017, four awards were won by Gang of Youths – Album of the Year, Best Group, Best Rock Album and Producer of the Year (with Adrian Breakspear). Rolling Stone Australia has listed it among the 200 greatest Australian albums of all time, and at number three in their 50 best albums of 2017. A top position was achieved in the annual Triple J album poll, and two of the tracks featured in the radio station's Hottest 100 of the Decade.
Wtf? A good album on the user submitted list Its unheard of Ty for the disovery The National but good lmao
Remove the melodramatic strings and cut the runtime in half and... I still wouldn't like it.
I got a lot of 'The National' vibes, but less sad. Never heard of this band, but glad you made me discover them.
Wow, I really enjoyed this. At first it reminded me of Springsteen, similar energy, which was really good. Then the songs started slowing down a bit and the strings came in and it just blew me away. 4 stars, will listen again.
Nice surprise. Much better than a lot of the ones listed in the original list.
Incredibly surprised by the variety of sound in this, although I do wish it was a hair shorter. Good pick though!
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Fear and trembling, Keep me in the open, Do not let your spirit wane, Achilles come down
This album comes so close to being incredible. It starts off with an almost Springsteen like heartland rock before moving though indie folk, pop punk, and modern indie rock influences. There’s a fair amount of U2 in there as well. I was really stuck by its earnestness as well especially in a time where it’s not cool to do so. It’s just a bit too bloated which is u fortunate because it has such potential.
Musically this was quite nice, with an emotional earnestness to the lyrics that's appealing if sometimes heavy. I find the pace to be somewhat plodding, but this improves by the back half of the album. "Achilles Come Down" was really lovely, reminding me of something you might hear by Rufus Wainwright. Thanks for sharing. Fave Songs: Achilles Come Down, Atlas Drowned, Let Me Down Easy, What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?, Le réel, Le symbolique
As in the first tracks there are singers or groups that are vocally similar, at times the songs become heavy, melancholic and dull enough to make you yawn, then they recompose and generally pass. 2.5 stars
This band is trying way too hard to be a glossy, modern-day Springsteen and ends up sounding like a cut-rate version of the Killers as a result. The instrumentals are executed well and I can see the vision, but this is still landfill indie at the end of the day.
From the art and name, I was expecting some sort of grim, gritty post-punk. What I got was another Springsteen-worshipping indie rock band like Arcade Fire. It's... fine. Nothing I'd ever purposefully seek out, but nothing I'd swerve across seven lanes of traffic to toss into a ravine.
The double album's plenty going for it technically, but the core will remain melodrama. I read Gang of Youths as an alternate exvangelical strand: Identification with the music is the price of admission to it. While I want to see the project as perfect again, seams do show at this age. Uneven weighting isn't in conversation with the nods to Lacan; The end is the same basic idea as the beginning; The only place to contemplate is the same loud register. For all eighty minutes, though, strings tug on strings and the clichés are universal enough to avoid the trite.
Starts out pretty good, hits a transcendent level around Achilles Come Down, and then sort of outstays its welcome by being too long of an album. Overall a great time!
The first 20 minutes or so are outstanding anthemic soaring stadium rock similar to Springsteen, Simple Minds, U2. The rest is less rocky and more pretty particularly the string arrangements, but not as special.
These guys are a household name in Australia, but I've never heard them until right now. It's... better than expected, tbh. It has that pretend-world-weary indie vibe that I roll my eyes at, but it's still catchy. 3/5.
Strong Springsteen vibes, it benefitted when it diversified beyond that sound. Quite a bit of it followed kind of a monotonous vocal/metric pattern that wore thin. I liked it generally but not quite great for me.
Orchestral arrangement were really nice, but it was just too long. 3.5/5 but rounding down because I was slightly fatigued by the end of it. Still a good listen.