★★★
Night Peopleis like a book with a great beginning and a great end – it’s just such an epic shame that the chapters in between are just ordinary filler blighting what could otherwise have been a powerful volume for You Me At Six.
The opener and title track comes grumbling in with a catchy-ass riff and the appealingly dull and husky soar in vocals that we’ve come to expect from frontman Josh Franceschi – it’s a typically anthemic track for You Me At Six, but a strong one. This and closer ‘Give’, a softly sweeping sigh of anguish and heartache, are the only truly great songs on this release.
The rest is unremarkable. There’s really nothing to grab you, and for a band on its fifth studio release, it’s a let-down that so much momentum should result in something so flat.
Night People sees the heavy finds some balance with the softer side, but with only a couple of worthy additions to the You Me At Six catalogue, you may be better off hunting down their single versions.
Night PeoplebyYou Me At Sixis out now on Liberator.
