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Coy Kids is a New Jersey based indie rock band consisting of Shen Pan on vocals and guitar, Chris Weber on drums, and Johnny Chlup on bass. The band formed in early 2012 due to boredom and their shared love for Jersey, day drinking, and joking around. They mostly write about girls but not in the way you would think. Their music is like nothing you’ve heard, they don’t really compare to any other band.

 

The song “Girls From New Jersey” on this new album titled Youthful Days is a chill song at first but as it gets into it, it becomes upbeat. With the vocals and their fluctuation, it changes up the song enough so it stays alive, leaving you thinking, “This is a pretty cool song.” The title of the song is very fitting for the lyrics of it. I’ve always loved songs that have that sung ‘ooooooh,’ it always adds some excitement as well as emotion.

“Virginia” has a nice start, with a great beat leading you to wonder what the song could be about. The message this songs seems to portray is one I have heard of a lot. Spending time with someone and down the road, it seems as if they don’t care anymore. Since they seemed to have moved on with someone else, you do too, even though you still think about them. When you want something to work and it doesn’t seem to, what else can you do but move on if it can’t be fixed? Love is hard.

 

The song “Tricks Up My Sleeve” has a good start as well. The message in this song is something a lot of people have problems with, but it’s something that’s rarely fixed. The song is about a girl dating a totally self-centered jerk, and the good guy wants her to get away from him so she could be with him instead. I love the sound of this song overall. It’s got an awesome steady beat and the lyrics say a lot about what some relationships are like and how they can be fixed.

 

The band will be releasing their LP Youthful Days on May 6th and will also be releasing a 7” featuring “Cold & Afraid” and “Girls From New Jersey.” They have an upcoming show on Saturday May 17th in Jersey City Pushing Up The Daisies 2014.

Coy Kids - Youthful Days

Brooke Thomas | May 4, 2014

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