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We can but be Young once, and during that time all that we do is either experienced out of inquisitiveness or out of youthful bravado or hidden malevolence, as the insightful writer of human experience, Virginia Woolf, once wrote, “One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.”

Being Young and youth are a passing phase, the extraordinary energy though is earth-shattering, that time before conforming, before you become immersed into the status quo and the well wishes of comfortable middle-age, is to be guarded with jealous intent, is to be remembered with a sly endearing smile as you sit in meetings and takes notes for someone else’s benefit, for in fellowship there is the double-edged sword, the joy of belonging and the misery of orthodox traditionalism.

The north-west duo of Lord and the Woolf recognise this state of change with the insightfulness and the lyrical value displayed by the founder of the Bloomsbury Group, youth is for the mistakes that come with the message of having lived but being mindful of the consequences to suffer should you continue down the path of mindful deceit.

Following on from their previous two singles, including Etta’s Game, Joe Woolf and Sam Lord return with the superb Young, a track that exemplifies the pleasures associated with your exuberance, mischief, and the regret that sometimes appears with choices made before you become mindful, before you take other’s feelings into consideration.

The single is melancholically upbeat, principled, and insightful on how to navigate the moral compass to which we all must surely eventually heed, for whilst being young is adventurous, being part of something bigger than your soul is to deeply appreciate life.

Lord and the Woolf have already shone in their short time together as a duo, now they are ready issue the sense of being part of the new wave of the 20s sound to which their music, and their application demands.

Ian D. Hall