Band of the Week: Young Governor

by Pop Tarts Suck Toasted on Thu, 2009/02/26 - 2:00pm

Unemployment certainly has its perks. Namely that I get to sit home all day listening to music I never would have gotten to while holding down a job, all while collecting money from the government (I’m waiting for my check NY State!). The latest of my listens really fucking hooked me right from the time I hit play. It wasn’t until after I finished listening to the two song 7" that I was able to put 2 and 2 together to figure out that this Young Governor was indeed the very same Young Governor that is a member of Fucked Up, No Warning, and The Bitters (just to name a few). Doubly excited by that bit of information I went to the computer and lo and behold there are even more songs on the dude’s MySpace page! Oh yeah, today was a good day of not getting out of my pajamas!

Listening to the music there’s barely an audible trace of what he does in Fucked Up. But then why would Ben Cook wanna do the same thing he does in another project? Instead, Cook uses his Young Governor project as a sort of lo-fi punk project that fits in perfectly with all the new bands Gorilla vs. Bear has been naming lately. You know the one’s that take up about 90% of your listening time right now, yeah those bands. Well it fits and it fits beautifully. This is the type of music that you wake up dreaming about and that you wanna see live every night of the year. It puts you into a panic listening to music this fast and hooky! And I love it!

According to his MySpace, Cook doesn’t plan on touring behind Young Governor yet but there are also tales of rogue Toronto shows written there so fingers crossed that he decides to break this out once in a while. Until then you can pick up his 7" and listen again and again.
Young Governor - "Virginia Creeper"
Young Governor - "I’m A Mess"
Young Governor on MySpace

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