Young The Giant - 'My Body'

'My Body’ is the second UK single from this years SXSW’s most hyped band; Young The Giant. The band consists of Sameer Gadhia, Jacob Tilley, Eric Cannata, Payam Doostzadeh and François Comtois and as the names suggest a vast array of nationalities are covered including Indian, Persian, British and French-Canadian. They are based in Orange County and have been playing music together since High School.

The opening to ‘My Body’ demonstrates a well-honed song craft one would associate with very experienced musicians, but surprisingly their ages range from 20-22. The jolting percussion and penetrating bass guitar build to an anthemic chorus of "My body tells me no, but I won’t quit”. This insanely catchy and infectious chorus is chanted by Ghadia in his astoundingly pitch perfect, falsetto tone.

Young the Giant have already had a fair amount of success having supported Kings of Leon, The Futureheads and Marina The Diamonds.  They have also been confirmed to perform on this evening’s Jools Holland where they will be performing alongside Adele and R Kelly.

The single is to be released on Roadrunner Records on May 16^th and their self-titled debut album is out this month too. I can really see big things for this band and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if one of their tracks is the soundtrack to your summer.

See the official video underneath: