You Me At Six – “Sinners Never Sleep”

Since their conception in 2004, British rockers from Weybridge, Surrey, You Me At Six have been hitting the world hard, yet keeping it cool with their image.

Having recently toured Australia with We The Kings, the boys sure have built up excitement to their most recent release and 3rd studio album, “Sinners Never Sleep”. After listening to the album myself, I have no doubt that every last fan will be listening to it on loop for days.

Opening up the box of gold and creeping in with “dadadadadadada da da” and steady drums to accompany is the hit song “Loverboy”, with an incredible music video to fit. Filled with anger and attitude, they couldn’t have chosen a better song to kickstart the album.

Follower “Jaws On The Floor” enters with echoing guitars, drawing you in instantly. Never one to hold out on a catchy chorus, You Me At Six have continued with just that.

Personal favourite off the record is “Bite My Tongue”, featuring frontman of Bring Me The Horizon, Oli Sykes, entering at its climax, it is definitely a great song to give the finger to that person you’ve always hated.

Taking it down a notch, “This Is The First Thing” and “No One Does It Better” illustrates a thorn in singer Josh Franceschi’s side, showing the sensitive and broken soul within, it will have every girl’s heart melt.

“Little Death” turns the vibe back up, barking out “We are not your lovers. We are not your friends. We are just the sinners.” raising the whole albums intensity back up. The bridge nearing the end of the track ties everything together, incredible guitar riffs and heavy drum pounding, proving that “Sinners Never Sleep” is the perfect name for the album.

“Restless”, which really gets you up and dancing. Catchy and fun guitars, along with accents on all the right notes, this will no doubt be a fan favourite you could just blast through your headphones.

Another collaboration is in “Time Is Money”, featuring Australia’s very own Winston McCall of Parkway Drive, McCall seriously kills it with taunting guitars, heavy bass and intense drum beats impossible to miss.

“Little Bit Of Truth” is a big song with laid back vocals, a pulled back tempo and even adding in strings to give it a great feel of vibrato.

“The Dilemma” sees Franceschi intimidating anyone that gets up in his face, singing “Who do you think you are?”, with additional horns to back up the dark, disguised message behind the track.

Closing the record is “When We Were Younger”, which couldn’t be more right. The slow and constant rhythm of the drums, minimal guitars and mellow bass adds to the ending, somewhat creating a picture of the album from start to finish.

By Gwendolyn Lee