No song is alike, a fact that is reflected in the cover art Lou Elda created for Compare & Despair -each wacky creature represents a different song on the album. Youbet’s debut manages to capture the complexities of youth across thirteen songs while also arguing that although we all grow up eventually, that doesn’t mean life has to lose its magic. It’s this juxtaposition that makes the debut shine, with Llobet’s tenor soaring high as he sings “My endless list of things to do just gets longer / I gotta put you down / my friend… my suffering / goodbye to you” on opener “Endless.” On Compare & Despair, Llobet pairs lyrics-spanning everything from self-doubt to mental illness-with guitar-driven pop lifted by synths. While children singing and parrot sounds are interspersed throughout the shimmering indie rock on Compare & Despair -premiering below-frontman Nick Llobet’s lyrics hint at something deeper.Īt the same time as he is invoking nostalgia for simpler times, Llobet is drawing dark clouds across his otherwise sunny soundscape. ![]() ![]() It’s easy to assume that because Youbet’s cover art for their debut album features cartoonish figures in a technicolor wonderland that the music might be similarly bright and starry-eyed. Frontman Nick Llobet’s lyrics remind us that we have to weather the rain for a rainbow.
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