Is this an Oasis pastiche? Probably not - I don't think Young Offenders are actually that clever. Instead it's a heart felt outpouring of youth, joy and hunger. It's probably the most infectious rock song you'll hear this side of the summer.
It's also incredibly cheesy and owes much to the absurd kitchen sink lyricisms of Gallagher snr. Fuck it, it is an Oasis song. But it's also better than any that's been released on Big Brother records...

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Otherwise it'd be alright.
just... too... silly.
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Every other band and their granny sounds like Interpol at the moment.
If YOI is what it takes for these fucking indie kids with Ian Curtis fixations to go away, then god bless these pikey chancers.
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I've never heard them, but going by the looks of them, if they asked me to go away from anywhere I would most certainly listen to them...
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get with it!
TAGGING!
;)
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it does sound remarkably oasis-esque (bad thing IMHO). they sound like theyd be good live, but i dunno, doesnt do anything for me. tony wilson has probably proclamied them as being the saviours of rock and roll and the greatest thing since elvis or sumthing, and so therefore they must be. did any1 see that celebrity programme in the jungle that he was on?
very surreal. i think the asian policewoman from the thin blue line and jo guest were on it too. it was surreal.
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I need this band like i need an AIDS infected water-source
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Northern Uproar anyone?
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The fact is I feel that Manchesters band scene is pretty under represented on DIS generally, but then again
its hardly as lively as Leeds or Nottingham right now so maybe thats why.
The Oasis/Mondays/Roses baggy loudmouth fuckhead thing gets imposed on Manc by everywhere else - fucking London especially - people seem to forget the Smiths and the Fall also came from here.
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Young Offenders Institute - We're The Young Offenders
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kindly check this my band out if you get a chance
www.thelostweekends.co.uk
I promise you we sound NOTHING like Oasis :)
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Oasis + Madness + Sex Pistols = Young Offenders Institute. Awsome, shambolic, hilarious, dangerous and destined to be huge. Go Collyhurst - JP for President.
Young Offenders Institute - We're The Young Offenders
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replace "reason" with "excuse" and "a bit" with "exactly" seriously though, each to his own, I saw this band and sat there like a dog who'd been shown a card-trick. I just don't get it, though my mate went wild. I think they'll have some success, particulalry with indie fans circa oasis, etc. can't see um being huge just because they'll divide opinion too much. For example, my massive oasis fan mate hates them for rippin um off...million dead were on the same bill incidentally
"middle class shoe gazing university educated don't-smile-on-stage boys" they are not!
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