whenyoung unveil visuals for 'Future' and detail debut album

Words: Ellie Ward 

In anticipation of their forthcoming debut album, London-via-Limerick-based whenyoung drop new single, ‘Future’.

The chiming rocker - which tells the story of a close friend who sadly took their own life, while also striving to find a message of hope in the darkness - precedes ‘Reasons To Dream’, which is released through Virgin EMI on May 24.

“‘Reasons To Dream’ is a presentation of our collective experiences of life since we have moved to London," say the band. “We've trundled through many jobs, flats, neighbourhoods and rehearsal rooms learning, practising, maturing and cultivating whatever it is we do along the way. We've gone from knowing nobody to making close friends, from finding it lonely to finding it welcoming.”

Watch the video for 'Future' - directed by award-winning short film-maker Michael Baldwin - which stars young actor Badger Skelton, below. The clip takes inspiration from Wim Wenders’ New German Cinema classic Wings of Desire,  showing the trials of suburban youth in stark monochrome.

'Reasons to Dream' tracklist:

Pretty Pure
Never Let Go
The Others
A Labour of Love
You’re Grand
Blow up the World
Blank Walls
Future
In My Dreams
Heartbroken
Something Sweet



Live dates

APRIL
05 Rock City – Nottingham*
06 Victoria Warehouse – Manchester*
08 O2 Academy – Bristol*
09 O2 Academy – Sheffield*
10 O2 Academy – Birmingham*
12 Guildhall – Southampton*
13 O2 Academy Brixton – London*
17 The Boileroom – Guildford
18 Clwb Ifor Bach – Cardiff
19 Arts Club – Liverpool
20 Stockton Calling – Stockton
24 The Bullingdon – Oxford
25 60 Million Postcards – Bournemouth
26 Esquires – Bedford
27 Are you Listening? Festival – Reading

MAY
04 Live at Leeds Festival – Leeds
05 Handmade Festival - Leicester
06 Mchugh’s – Belfast
07 Whelan’s – Dublin
25 This is Tomorrow Festival – Newcastle
26 Neighbourhood Weekender Festival – Warrington

* w/ Sundara Karma