Two options are given. The first one is to hop into a time traveling Delorean and set the time period for 1980-something, then walk into any dance club. The second is far easier. Put Young Love's latest Too Young to Fight It into the CD player.

From the first track, "Discotech" to the last track "Close Your Eyes", Young Love's songs, whether fast upbeat B52's style or Ah ha's synthesized melodies, will take its listeners on a trip back to a time when boy bands and Molly Ringwald ruled the airwaves and movie theatres.

Young Love lead singer, Dan Keyes, sounds like Justin Timberlake, and on occasion, like Panic at the Disco's front man Brendon Urie. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It's interesting that Keyes lists Zoot Woman, Phoenix, Bloc Party and nu shooz as his musical influences.

On the pace scale, no song goes above an upbeat tempo, a regular Go-Go disco compilation. One will never turn on an alternative rock station and hear any of the tracks from this CD. The songs are not edgy or grungy enough...the lyrics are not controversial enough.

Too Young to Fight It shows that Young Love has an experimental side. It has an Indian-Hindu beat to it, synthesizers aside.

Most of the songs on the CD do not deviate from what has already been described. "Nameless One", which has a basic natural chord progression, shows potential for radio play on stations that play new dance music. Your mother will love it.

"Take it or Leave it" has a better shot at radio play. It's lyrics; however, are nothing to get roused about.

"Close Your Eyes" shows some promise that Young Love knows how to play an instrument with strings. Back in my younger days we called it a guitar.

All in all, Young Love's music is a collection of "High School Musical" melodies and lyrics, most suitable for Disney Channel viewers everywhere. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Don't just go on my opinion alone, check out his MySpace and make up your own mind.

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Submitted by nzencgypsk • 2007-07-06 08:12:44

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Submitted by spknssjgcu • 2007-07-06 08:09:58

No. 2 :

Although ligtht,preppy and somewhat unoriginal, YL's album still delivers quite a solid effort, very easy pleasant listening and the songs don't get old too fast. I don't think they meant to churn out a rock album anyway, however there are some decent lyrics interspersed throughout the album- it's overall a very positive debut, something you have to struggle to find in deeply painted soul searching rock ballads.

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