- Band Members: Dan Keyes
- Genre: Rock & Alternative
- Influenced by: David Bowie
- Similar Artists: Nightmare of You, Panic at the Disco, We Are the Fury, The Photo Atlas, Brandtson, VHS or Beta, Communiqué, Motion City Soundtrack, The Higher, Bloc Party, Head Automatica, Action Action, Hellogoodbye, Cartel, The Dead 60s
The dance-rock outfit Young Love are headed by Dan Keyes, who served as frontman for the post-grunge band Recover from 2001 to 2004. After releasing three albums with that Austin-based band, Keyes relocated from Texas to New York City in search of a change of pace. Within the span of a year, he had amassed a number of slick, stylish songs that had more in common with Bloc Party and Action Action than the aggressive sounds of Recover. Young Love were born, and a record deal with Island Def Jam surfaced before the end of 2005. With help from a handful of backing musicians, Keyes began testing his new material in Lower East Side nightspots during the summer of 2006; shows with Head Automatica coincided with those early gigs. "Discotech," an advance single from the band's debut album, was released that October, and the full-length Too Young to Fight It followed in January 2007. ~ Andrew Leahey, All Music Guide
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