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Released: Jan 1, 2008
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  • Genre: Garage / Pop / Shoegaze

    Location SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, US

    Profile Views: 94865

    Last Login: 8/8/2010

    Member Since 5/5/2005

    Website www.youngsportsmen.com

    Record Label UNSMASHABLE!

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Young Sportsmen play all kinds of pop-rock. The crowd seems to enjoy this. The new full length "If You Want It" is now available at both Sonic Boom locations. .. .. .. Buy IF YOU WANT IT here... .. .. ...... .. .. .. Three Imaginary Girls review "If You Want It"!.. .. .. .. KEXP Audioasis Blog review of "If You Want It".. .. .. .. Seattle Powerpop Blog review of "If You Want It".. .. .. .... Buy "If You Want It" at Not Lame.. .. .. .. Video - live at the Tractor.. .. .. .. LICENSE YOUNG SPORTSMEN MUSIC.. .. .. .. POSTERS.. ..
  • Members

    ..Wesley - Vocals + Guitar + Keys .. Ryan - Guitar + Keys + Vocals .. Jeff - Tubs + Cymbals + Percussion + "Woo!" .. Richard - Bass + Handclaps + Vocals! ..
  • Influences

    ..the Who, New Pornographers, the Kinks, the Jam, You Am I, Paul Collins Beat, XTC, the Futureheads, Elliot Smith, GBV, Simon and Garfunkel, Ted Leo + Pharmacists, Pretenders, Superdrag, Teenage Fanclub, Cheap Trick, Oasis, the Knack, the Figgs, Jean-Pierrre Melville, Jacques Becker, Wong Kar-Wai, Jacques Tati, Yasujiro Ozu, Samuel Fuller, Sergio Leone, Preston Sturges, Sidney Lumet, Jules Dassin, Vittorio de Sica, Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Rogers, Brian Greene..
  • Sounds Like

    ..If You Want It:.... .. .. .."Incorporating their influences of pop rock groups from the sixties to the present, Seattle’s powerpop darlings Young Sportsmen have universally culled together the characteristics of their heroes from The Who to XTC to Cheap Trick on their second full-length release, If You Want It" ....-Three Imaginary Girls.... .. .. .." . . . under the guidance of producer Johnny Sangster, they’ve taken their trademark power and added more depth, more shading and more texture. The results are completely effective at both the highest highs and the slowest burns." ....- KEXP Audioasis blog.... .. .. .."An excellent record from Young Sportsmen, brimming with sharp songwriting, well-crafted arrangements and inspired performances, all superbly captured by producer Johnny Sangster. Like its predecessor, this is immediately appealing power pop with all the requisite energy, volume, hooks, harmonies and melodies . . ." ....- Seattle Powerpop Blog.... .. .. ..""As if I wasn't already impressed enough with this band (it took one EP to determine that they were easily one of the best bands to come out of Seattle this decade), the level of depth this record shows knocked me back even further!" ....- Indiepages.com.... .. .. ......Death To Palaces:.... .. .. .."...nearly flawless in its execution of truly powerful pop. If you don't have it yet you're really missing out."....-Gary Miller, Seattle Powerpop Blog.... .. .. .."...three minutes listening to the power pop of The Young Sportsmen may be the best three minutes of your day. If there's a better power pop band in 2007 (not named Sloan, of course), I haven't heard them."....-I Rock Cleveland.... .. .. .. .."To put it bluntly, this is a great record by a great band and I can only see them getting better and better. It's easily one of my favorites of 2007." ....- Chris B., Three Imaginary Girls.... .. .. ......The Familiar Glow of Colliding Particles :.... .. .. ....". . . The quartet's keen power pop summons the spirit of classics acts like Cheap Trick and Elvis Costello, but their modern attitude and harmonies also recall more current artists like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists." ....- Megan Seling, The Stranger.... .. .. .."Young Sportsmen have released five shattering, pumping, bass-run, drum-pounding, air-guitar shredding power-post-punk-pop songs.....There's something truly exceptional about the energy on this mini-album..."....- Three Imaginary Girls.... .. .. .."Easily one of the best local bands I've heard in ages . . . I can hear hints of Superdrag, Sloan and the New Pornographers in each of these five extremely catchy songs, which range from excellent to stunning."....- indiepages.com.... ......

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  • Dusks Embrace

    We have a new track up! Please take a min to check it out and let us know what you think?

    3 years ago
  • Tracy The Celtic Diva -…

    Thanks for the add & your friendship! Hope you're having a great weekend.
    -Tracy

    3 years ago
  • Mark Earnest (aka Miste…

    Howdy, Sportsmen! Come on down and see the show on Saturday....


    SATURDAY in SEATTLE (May 16)
    with THE RIFFBROKERS
    MISTER VAGUE (duo version)
    and RUSTY WILLOUGHBY
    9 p.m.
    at THE SKYLARK

    4 years ago
  • Wayango

    Check out Young Sportsmen on Wayango (www.wayango.com). If you love them as much as we do, share your reviews, trivia, ratings and photos here.

    4 years ago
  • The Hereafters

    SHARP!! ---SOME OF THE BEST TRACKS I'VE HEARD IN A WHILE!!!!!

    4 years ago
  • AUGUSTO PITTA

    HEY GUYS, GREETINGS FROM BRAZIL!!! GREAT MUSIC. HOPE OU LIKE MINE TOO. TXS FOR THE ADD. AP

    4 years ago
  • Gary Ritchie

    Thanks a ton for the add guys. I love the record.

    Cheers,
    Gary

    4 years ago
  • 4 years ago
  • Professor

    the YS are gone and so is my chub. thanks for the music and bodily fluids.

    4 years ago
  • Joe Mama

    I'm SO bummed after getting the email today about you guys calling it quits. I've been a HUGE fan, sharing your music with anyone who'll listen, since seeing Muzzle open for Throwing Muses in 1995. I'm trying to pull off a road trip from Northern California for the Sunset Tavern show and hoping like hell that I can make it!

    4 years ago
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Member Since:

May 05, 2005

Members:

Wesley - Vocals + Guitar + Keys
Ryan - Guitar + Keys + Vocals
Jeff - Tubs + Cymbals + Percussion + "Woo!"
Richard - Bass + Handclaps + Vocals!

Influences:

the Who, New Pornographers, the Kinks, the Jam, You Am I, Paul Collins Beat, XTC, the Futureheads, Elliot Smith, GBV, Simon and Garfunkel, Ted Leo + Pharmacists, Pretenders, Superdrag, Teenage Fanclub, Cheap Trick, Oasis, the Knack, the Figgs, Jean-Pierrre Melville, Jacques Becker, Wong Kar-Wai, Jacques Tati, Yasujiro Ozu, Samuel Fuller, Sergio Leone, Preston Sturges, Sidney Lumet, Jules Dassin, Vittorio de Sica, Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Rogers, Brian Greene

Sounds Like:

If You Want It:..

"Incorporating their influences of pop rock groups from the sixties to the present, Seattle’s powerpop darlings Young Sportsmen have universally culled together the characteristics of their heroes from The Who to XTC to Cheap Trick on their second full-length release, If You Want It"
-Three Imaginary Girls


" . . . under the guidance of producer Johnny Sangster, they’ve taken their trademark power and added more depth, more shading and more texture. The results are completely effective at both the highest highs and the slowest burns."
- KEXP Audioasis blog


"An excellent record from Young Sportsmen, brimming with sharp songwriting, well-crafted arrangements and inspired performances, all superbly captured by producer Johnny Sangster. Like its predecessor, this is immediately appealing power pop with all the requisite energy, volume, hooks, harmonies and melodies . . ."
- Seattle Powerpop Blog


""As if I wasn't already impressed enough with this band (it took one EP to determine that they were easily one of the best bands to come out of Seattle this decade), the level of depth this record shows knocked me back even further!"
- Indiepages.com



Death To Palaces:


"...nearly flawless in its execution of truly powerful pop. If you don't have it yet you're really missing out."
-Gary Miller, Seattle Powerpop Blog


"...three minutes listening to the power pop of The Young Sportsmen may be the best three minutes of your day. If there's a better power pop band in 2007 (not named Sloan, of course), I haven't heard them."
-I Rock Cleveland



"To put it bluntly, this is a great record by a great band and I can only see them getting better and better. It's easily one of my favorites of 2007."
- Chris B., Three Imaginary Girls



The Familiar Glow of Colliding Particles :


". . . The quartet's keen power pop summons the spirit of classics acts like Cheap Trick and Elvis Costello, but their modern attitude and harmonies also recall more current artists like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists."
- Megan Seling, The Stranger


"Young Sportsmen have released five shattering, pumping, bass-run, drum-pounding, air-guitar shredding power-post-punk-pop songs.....There's something truly exceptional about the energy on this mini-album..."
- Three Imaginary Girls


"Easily one of the best local bands I've heard in ages . . . I can hear hints of Superdrag, Sloan and the New Pornographers in each of these five extremely catchy songs, which range from excellent to stunning."
- indiepages.com
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Record Label:

UNSMASHABLE!

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