Youth Group: Danny Lee, Toby Martin, Cameron Emerson-Elliot, Patrick Matthews.
Personnel: Tim Kevin (guitar, piano, organ, background vocals); Christopher Walla (guitar, background vocals); Jason Walker (pedal steel guitar); Amanda Brown (violin); Ian Pieterse (baritone saxophone); Danny Heifetz (trumpet).
Unknown Performer Role: Johnno Lattin.
Australian pop-rock quartet Youth Group delivers one of its more polished and accomplished efforts with THE NIGHT IS OURS. Featuring the dulcet tones of singer Toby Martin, whose pure croon brings to mind 1980s New Romantic acts, Youth Group delivers highly melodic rock that is both atmospheric and immediate. Martin is also a capable lyricist, spinning moving character sketches and narrative vignettes that complement the dreamy swirls of guitar and gentle rhythmic pulses. THE NIGHT IS OURS is full of songs that are well crafted and, more importantly, compulsively listenable. minimize