Album of the Week: You Me At Six - Sinners Never Sleep

Somebody I used to be friends with once said that I fall in love with a new band every two months on average. I think the last band I fell in love with was Bring Me The Horizon so I thought to myself it's about time to look around again. I actually started a list with bands I want to check out and You Me At Six were on top of it. Unfortunately I don't own any of their albums so spotify had to help me a little. 
You Me At Six was founded in 2004 and consists of the five british guys Josh Franceschi (vocalist), Max Helyer (guitarist), Chris Miller (guitarist), Matt Barnes (bassist) and Dan Flint (drummer). The first album Take Off Your Colours was released in 2008 and thanks to a lot of touring the band gained more and more popularity. Their second album Hold Me Down reached number five in the UK Album charts and contains two of the most popular songs: Underdog and Stay With Me. 

The band's current album Sinners Never Sleep is their most successful record so far and my album of the week. I've been knowing that You Me At Six are around and that they're good but when I actually sat down to listen properly it blew me away (the fact that I did that in the middle of the night may have supported this feeling but that's not relevant right now, is it).
I started with the first song on the record, Loverboy, and got on a rollercoaster of feelings. Loverboy took me all the way up with the guitar part in the middle and I stayed up there for a little longer because the second song, Jaws On The Floor, is slightly similar to Loverboy. However, since I'm a big fan of Bring Me The Horizon, especially of Oli Sykes, I couldn't help myself and listened to Bite My Tongue instead. I dare to say that this is the best song on the record, firstly because of the perfect lyrics and secondly because Oli's voice perfectly fits to the song. I'm a sucker for good lyrics anyway, so when I hear sentences like „last time I checked I was a fucking wreck, I called for help and no one showed up“ something in my mind tells me „hey, it's okay because they actually understand what's going on inside of your head.“ And if I had to get some of their lyrics tattooed, it would definitely be I'm married to the music, for better or for worse.
So Bite My Tongue still kept me up in the air, the fifth song on the record, No One Does It Better, brought me all the way down very quickly. I don't exactly know how he does it, but with this song Josh talks to the very few parts of my soul I usually lock away very carefully and only think about when it's inevitable. This is the song you play when all you want to do is curl up in your bed and feel better again because with his voice Josh can stroke your soul until you feel better indeed. If you want to curl up in bed and just want to feel miserable for a while longer, you should listen to Crash. I did that last night and ended up crying for no particular reason. As I said, Josh touches some parts of my soul which I rather bury and never let out.
The other songs on the album didn't leave as much of an impression on me as the others did but they're definitely worth a listen. In my opinion You Me At Six are on their way to the top. They are going to tour with All Time Low, Pierce The Veil and Mayday Parade so if you're lucky enough to live in the US, you should definitely check if you could attend one of the shows, I'm one million percent sure you'd enjoy this night a lot. As a conclusion I can say that I'll definitely keep an eye on these guys and I'll also check out the other albums because You Me At Six really convinced me of their talent.