whenyoung to Release Debut Album 'Reasons To Dream'

London's (via Limerick) premiere indie songsmiths, whenyoung have announced they will be releasing their debut album, Reasons to Dream, through Virgin EMI on May 24.

In anticipation of the album release they've dropped, new single, "Future" a chiming rocker whichtells the story of a close friend who sadly took their own life, while also striving to find a message of hope in the darkness.

The video was directed by award winning short film maker Michael Baldwin and stars young actor Badger Skelton, who featured in Tom Beards critically acclaimed 'Two for Joy.' It takes inspiration from Wim Wenders' New German Cinema classic, 'Wings of Desire', showing the trials of suburban youth in stark monochrome.

The culmination of years of playing and writing together, Reasons to Dream showcases Aoife Power's (bass/vocals), Niall Burns' (guitar) and Andrew Flood's (Drums) ability to craft spikey yet melodic songs which delve lyrically into everything from love and insecurities to pacificism and the gap between the haves and have-nots in Britain today.

"Reasons To Dream is a presentation of our collective experiences of life since we have moved to London," the band explain. "We've trundled through many jobs, flats, neighbourhoods and rehearsal rooms learning, practising, maturing and cultivating whatever it is we do along the way. We've gone from knowing nobody to making close friends, from finding it lonely to finding it welcoming."

The album also features previously released singles "Pretty Pure" and the anthemic "Never Let Go.

The album marks the next milestone in a journey that started for the band when they first met as teenagers in Limerick, Ireland. After playing in separate bands around the local scene for several years, they eventually all found themselves in London and the band that was to become whenyoung was formed, inspired by a heathy mix of the music they all loved their favourite classic cinema and literature.

Since then the band have gone from strength to strength, gaining the support of BBC Radio 1 and gracing stages at festivals everywhere from the Great Escape in Brighton to Reeperbahn in Germany and touring up and down the UK and Ireland. They were guests at Shane McGowen's 60th birthday, supported Nick Cave in Dublin and were invited to play at the Barbican centre in London as part of a celebration of Ireland's rich cultural legacy. 2019 looks set to be the year the band break into the wider consciousness, with the release of their debut, their first American shows (including several at SXSW) and a plethora of other international shows.

Reasons to Dream tracklisting

Pretty Pure

Never Let Go

The Others

A Labour of Love

You're Grand

Blow up the World

Blank Walls

Future

In My Dreams

Heartbroken

Something Sweet

whenyoung Tour Dates

2nd April - Barrowlands - Glasgow*

3rd April - Barrow Library - Barrow in Furness

4th April - Rock City - Nottingham*

5th April - Rock City - Nottingham*

6th April - Victoria Warehouse - Manchester*

8th April - O2 Academy - Bristol*

09th April - O2 Academy - Sheffield*

10th April - O2 Academy - Birmingham*

12th April - Guildhall - Southampton*

13th April - O2 Academy Brixton - London*

17th April - The Boileroom - Guildford

18th April - Clwb Ifor Bach - Cardiff

19th April - Arts Club - Liverpool

20th April - Stockton Calling - Stockton

24th April - The Bullingdon - Oxford

25th April - 60 Million Postcards - Bournemouth

26th April - Esquires - Bedford

27th April - Are you Listening? Festival - Reading

4th May - Live at Leeds Festival - Leeds

5th May - Handmade Festival - Leicester

6th May - Mchugh's - Belfast

7th May - Whelan's - Dublin

25th May - This is Tomorrow Festival - Newcastle

26th May - Neighbourhood Weekender Festival - Warrington

(*) With Sundara Karma

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