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May 2014, Volume 54, Issue 3

Young the Giant Captivation with Imagination
Rachel Moore
Flash Staff Reporter

Debuting in 2010, this angular sounding band has reached
over the top to become widely known and to share this funky
sounding music with everyone in the world. Young the Giant has
accomplished just that in the matter of a few years, while many
great musicians take more than a year or two to make themselves a
name and create a dent in the music making industry.
The caffeinated bluesy sound emitting through the headphones
as people begin to first listen definitely throws the unexpected
music lover off, but as soon as the bouncy tunes continue, it gets
their fans to sway and
dance to their new
album. With high
pitched vocals and
heavy techno beats, the
band surely has made
a difference in the
music world.
This indie pop group
first began with Jacob
Tilley, Addam Farmer,
Kevin Massoudi,
Young the Giant
Ehson Hashemian,
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and Sameer Gadhia in
the name of The Jakes
as an acronym for the first band members names in 2004. After
some personal changes in 2009 and playing at four different
shows, Ehson Hashemian departed from the band and they
decided to change their name to Young the Giant. As 2010 rolled
around, they began touring with Minus the Bear and Steel Train
and working on their first debuting album called Young the Giant.
After that was recorded in early June 2010, they started to tour
with bigger bands like Marina and the Diamonds and Neon Trees.
They quickly became popular as their first song “My Body” hit the
radios in January 2010 and climbed to the top five in the Billboard
Alternative songs chart.
Young the Giant’s new album Mind over Matter was released in
January 2014. With their hit single “It’s About Time” hitting the
radio station in October, these bubblegum indie musicians have
suddenly picked in their fan basis and fame. With other popular
songs like “Anagram” or “Crystallized” Young the Giant is surely
making a name for themselves.
With lyrics that speak more in a confusing tones then fortune
cookies, listeners find themselves at a loss for words to describe
their love for the band’s sound. “Don’t go-o! It’s About Time, it’s
about pistols.” These lyrics are from the song “It’s about time”
from the album Mind Over Matter. Young the Giant are talking
about that it’s time to end things between the two people, yet they
don’t want to do that because of how much pain it’ll cause.
Over all, as indie bands go, Young the Giant is the heart soul of
the up and coming in indie music. With odd lyrics, that speaks the
truth and has their fans loving them all the more, Young the Giant
is certainly something to listen to. If you’d like to see them live
and choose how you feel about the music, they’ll be at the Fillmore
on March 8th.

Laurel Kraus
Flash Staff Reporter

Being part of a fandom is
becoming the “thing” to do with
today’s teens. A fandom is a
massive group of people from
all over the world who unite
on social networking sites, like
Tumblr and Instagram, over
common interests in books, TV
shows, and movies. So what
happens when fandom’s and
teen writers mix?
The answer is fanfiction.
Fanfiction is exactly what it
sounds like: fiction written by
fans.