Young the Giant - Young the Giant

The Observer“They sound like an anaemic Coldplay...” Frontman Sameer Gadhia has a distinctive voice but, aside from the radiant "Apartment", even he can't furnish Young the Giant's debut with a spirit that is unmistakably their own...

MusicOMH“There are occasional moments where the malaise lifts...” On the plus side, the band are still in their early 20s and their better tunes show enough promise to suggest they could improve if they concentrate on a poppier approach...

Drowned In Sound“Don’t expect any surprises listening to Young the Giant’s glossy debut.” For a relatively young band – the oldest being 22 – it is a great achievement that they have been able to craft such a joyfully blissful and infectious album so early on. Young the Giant are aiming for big things and they come close...

BBC“Too patchy to warrant genuflection just yet...” Coldplay is the obvious touchstone for many of the better tracks, but not even those critics who brand Chris Martin a "bedwetter" would lay the unfortunate generic blandness of Your Side and Garands at his sheet-soiled bedside...

Pitchfork“Like rock, except nowhere near as interesting as that sounds in theory...” Vagueness pervades the album; politely distorted guitars twist and churn but never turn into riffs. Choruses become placeholders instead of hooks. Sameer Gadhia's vocals, often recalling Chris Martin's trembling midrange...