YOBS Drop New Single & Video “Cyanide”

Liverpool, UK misfits YOBS have today dropped the incendiary two-minute ripper, Cyanide, that is taken from their self-titled debut album that is due out on May 3rd via Fuzz Club. Taking no prisoners, YOBS deal in hard-edged, primitive garage-punk salvos that race by with a bludgeoning intensity. It’s an abrasive rock ’nroll that will leave your bones rattling as much as your speakers. Whilst rooted in a scuzzy hedonism the YOBS upcoming album doesn’t shy away from more serious subject matter, as is the case of caustic noise rocker Cyanide which is inspired by the tragic story of Alan Turing.

“Cyanide is a song Ali [bassist Alex Smith] wrote the music and I wrote the lyrics to, back when we had a short-lived band called Teenage Crimewave. Lyric-wise I had just read an article on the scientist, Alan Turing. For those who don’t know, Turing was a scientist and Mathematician, and who is credited for being the father of AI, and who happened to be gay. It was illegal back then and he was ordered by the court to undergo chemical castration injections to lower his libido. He ended up taking his life by poisoning himself with Cyanide. The song comes from the angle of one of the angry mob who stalked him, and stopped him living a normal life. It’s a proper sonically driven, fast paced rock n roll tune!” (Frontman Joey Ackland)