Following on from the release of last year’s hugely infectious ‘Lived A Lie‘ single, You Me At Six now announce the arrival of their fourth studio album ‘Cavalier Youth‘ with another new single in the form of ‘Fresh Start Fever‘.
Whilst ‘Lived A Lie‘ came complete with a huge chorus and incredible sing-along factor, ‘Fresh Start Fever‘ feels distinctly bland in comparison, lacking the strong pop sensibilities that usually make the band’s music so exciting. ‘Fresh Start Fever‘ is still very obviously a You Me At Six single and doesn’t stray too far from the band’s tried and tested pop-punk formula, it lacks the wow factor that characterises the vast majority of the band’s single releases, however, and whilst it does seem to get a bit better the more you listen to it, it doesn’t really blow you away in the manner that you generally expect a You Me At Six single to.
‘Fresh Start Fever‘ just seems like a very lukewarm way to see in the release of ‘Cavalier Youth‘, a perfectly reasonable album track but perhaps just not one that should have been chosen as a single. You Me At Six at their infectious best is always an absolute delight to hear, unfortunately this is far from being the band at their best though and they’ve written far better songs than this in the past and no doubt will continue to release much better music than this in the future, too.
UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
