“Gen-Z rock star channels the greats on his most vital dispatch yet”
“The upstart English pop-punk star’s second album buries his charm in clumsy genre experimentation, clichéd lyrics, and unearned bluster.”
“Yungblud went at the generation gap hammer and tongs with his first mixtape, 2018’s 21st Century Liability, and its follow-up, The Underrated Youth EP (2019). Grabbing from emo, pop-punk, hip-hop and – shamelessly – from MIA, the gobby Doncastrian berated clueless parents, refused Ritalin and styled himself as the voice of young suburban angst. Fortunately, Dominic Harrison’s obnoxiousness came w”