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For Immediate Release: Street Date: September 4th, 2012

Acoustic Alt Rock Duo Youth of the Beast Releases
Debut Album Seventy-Seven on Vetted Records.

Forgetting you're listening to something is a quality I have always thought makes a great album.
This album has it. Beneath Everything Radio

outh of the 8east, comprlsed of wesL coasL muslc veLerans Adr|an Symcox & 8|ake Carver are abouL Lo make a
mark wlLh Lhelr debuL collaboraLlon Seventy-Seven." 8lendlng Symcox's and Carver's respecLlve backgrounds,
Lhe arLlsLlc wlLh Lhe Lechnlcal, SevenLy-Seven" ls a compleLe concepL from beglnnlng Lo end. Carver, a proflclenL
mulLl-lnsLrumenLallsL produced Lhe album, hls slgnaLure surf gulLar Lone helplng Lo deflne Lhe ?C18 sound.
Symcox who wroLe Lhe songs, ls also Lhe LalenL behlnd Lhe album arL, brlnglng lL full clrcle. 8oundlng ouL Lhe
recordlng are percusslonlsL Sam Iohnson of LA's Shadow Shadow Shade, Iame||e W||||ams, LrumpeLer for kafae|
Saad|q and on keys, M|chae| Carr.

lf uavld 8owle and 1he Cld 97's had a LrysL, SevenLy-Seven" mlghL well be Lhe offsprlng. WlLh songs flL for a
[ukebox ln a dlmly llL bar or on Lhe soundLrack Lo a 1aranLlno fllm Lhe album Lakes Lhe llsLener for a lald back rlde
down a dusLy road. WrlLLen as an lnLrospecLlve labor of love over Lhe course of 2 years, Lhe songs blend Lhe
personal wlLh Lhe pollLlcal, confronLlng modern day lssues wlLh a reLroacLlve flalr. And [usL when you Lhlnk
you've flgured lL ouL, a lefL Lurn Lakes you Lo a new and provocaLlve sound. 1o say ?ouLh of Lhe 8easL ls dolng
someLhlng no one else ls, ls a gross undersLaLemenL, and LhaL's a good Lhlng.

Lach song offers lLs own sLory, whlle LogeLher Lhe llsLener geLs an en[oyable and coheslve experlence. 1racks
such as ShooLlng", 1he LasL uay of School" & romeLheus" Langle wlLh Lhe sub[ecLs of youLh, rebelllon and
Lhe lnevlLable rlLes of passage we all come Lo Lerms wlLh. 1he hypocrlsy of Lhe rellglous rlghL ls called ouL ln a
way LhaL makes one wanL Lo geL up and dance on ShoLgun Army". ually observaLlons of llfe ln LA also recur
LhroughouL Lhe album on songs llke Cpen Sky" and Plghland ark". SevenLy-Seven" ls undoubLedly a greaL
plece of arLwork LhaL you wlll llkely caLch yourself slnglng along Lo LhroughouL consecuLlve plays.

outh Cf 1he 8east 8|o:

?ouLh of Lhe 8easL ls Lhe bralnchlld of Adrlan Symcox and 8lake Carver, offsprlng of Lhe So Cal muslc scene.
Carver & Symcox, naLlves of Crange CounLy & San lernando valley respecLlvely, cuL Lhelr LeeLh early ln punk
bands, masLerlng Lhe ul? eLhos, whlch undoubLedly made SevenLy-Seven" posslble. 1he seeds for ?C18 were
planLed ln 2008 when Lhe Lwo meL aL a backyard bbq and dlscovered Lhey had a shared afflnlLy for all Lhlngs
muslcally vlnLage, lncludlng soul, counLry, reggae & punk. lnevlLably Lhe Lwo collaboraLed merglng solld
songwrlLlng, vlsually appeallng arLlsLry, reflned Lechnlcal skllls and an unabashed reverence Lo Lhe classlc sound
LhaL permeaLes LhroughouL Lhls album.




8oLh muslclans' early [ourneys were vlLal ln helplng Lo malleaLe Lhelr lndlvldual LalenLs before Lhey evenLually
converged. 8lake clLes hls faLher, a gulLar player as well, as a key lnfluence. lnLroduclng hlm Lo 30's & 60's
garage & surf sLyllngs, 8lake wenL on Lo make gulLar hls slgnaLure lnsLrumenL. AlLhough versed ln many genres of
muslc hls maln focus ls whaL he refers Lo as rooLs muslc from Lhe frlnges of Amerlcan socleLy", whlch helps Lo
deflne ?ouLh of Lhe 8easL's sound. 1hrough ouL Lhe early parL of Lhe 2000's 8lake kepL lnvolved wlLh muslcal
pro[ecLs evenLually movlng on Lo sLudy aL Lhe LA 8ecordlng School where he honed hls Lechnlcal prowess. As hls
career evolved lnLo fllm scorlng, so dld hls necesslLy Lo become a mulLl-lnsLrumenLallsL, lmmerslng hlmself ln a
mulLlLude of sound and LexLures. Lach of Lhese mllesLones has conLrlbuLed Lo 8lake's success and helped Lo
deflne hls LalenLs.

Adrlan's lnfluences began aL an early age when hls faLher, a naLlve of Lngland, relocaLed hlm Lo London for a few
years. uurlng Lhls Llme hls faLher exposed hlm Lo Lngllsh, lrlsh, and ScoLLlsh ballads, whlch have had a lasLlng
effecL Lo Lhls day, especlally Lhose of Lwan McColl. upon hls reLurn sLaLeslde Adrlan puL LogeLher hls flrsL muslcal
efforL, formlng hls flrsL band aL 16. WlLh an avld lnLeresL ln all aspecLs of arL he wenL on Lo sLudy aL CLls College
of ArL & ueslgn, graduaLlng ln 2004. AfLer school Adrlan began hls career as a vlsual arLlsL & graphlc deslgner,
always keeplng hls feeL weL muslcally as well. Around 2009 Adrlan found hlmself unplugglng, worklng
acousLlcally and wrlLlng new maLerlal, whlch he found Lo be a refreshlng change.

WlLh a handful of songs, Adrlan declded Lo hlL up hls frlend 8lake and see lf he wanLed Lo collaboraLe on an
album. 1he duo seLLled lnLo 8lake's sLudlo where rows of gulLars, craLes of percusslon, and obscure and exoLlc
lnsLrumenLs were aL Lhelr dlsposal. Comblnlng Adrlan's acuLe songwrlLlng, wlLh 8lake's experlence worklng ln Lhe
fllm world, Lhe palr embarked Lo make an almosL vlsual experlence wlLh Lhe record. 1helr ulLlmaLe goal belng a
producL LhaL allows Lhe llsLener Lo creaLe a plcLure ln Lhelr mlnd as Lhey llsLen. 8oLh agreed LhaL Lhe end resulL
was a more fulfllllng experlence Lhan Lhe LradlLlonal bands Lhey had prevlously been lnvolved wlLh.

So whaL's nexL for ?C18? SevenLy-Seven", Lhe debuL album ls seL for release ln Lhe fall of 2012. As word
spreads abouL Lhe eclecLlc sound LhaL ls ?ouLh of Lhe 8easL, Lhere ls sure Lo be demand Lo see Lhem perform llve.
lf Lhls album ls any lmpllcaLlon of Lhe unresLralned LalenLs of Adrlan & 8lake, Lhe fuLure ls brlghL for ?ouLh of Lhe
8easL and Lhelr fans allke.


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