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Watch video clips: 1Everything is bigger in Texas. Even when it’s displaced in New York City. The sounds of Young Love, this millennium’s throwback answer to 80’s era pop sensibility, are filling dance floors across the Atlantic and here at home. It’s danceable, poppy, melodious, catchy and, as frontman Dan Keyes is quick to point out, quite a departure from his last musical project, Recover.
As the airwaves say goodbye to the last of nu-metal’s angst filled anarchy, Young Love seeks to fill the void with songs about embracing inner youth, enjoying the ups and downs of life and, well, young love. At a time when 24 hour news talking heads paint a picture of doom and gloom, Young Love reminds you it’s okay to "find another way to dance."
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New York, New York
"I was busing tables and working at American Apparel. That was a blast. I was going out and dancing at night. I was passing out my demos to some DJs. They started spinning them in some clubs. Labels started coming at me."
Brunch with Hova
"It was a pretty casual, laid back brunch. There was food out. Mainly people were drinking… We were just standing there and had a conversation."
(Expletive-deleted) (Expletive-deleted) band names
"I was just on tour with a bunch of bands with f*&king bullsh*t band names. That were like, you know, Tomorrow’s Bloody Ashes of States Tears. And it’s like, ‘Yo… that’s some horrible, horrible garbage.’ Everyone had names to try and sound tough or whatever. A bunch of dudes wearing makeup and sh*t. I was just like, ‘What the f*&k!’”
Buying Into MTV’s Reality
"I was hesitant just because I didn’t want to be on some lame reality show. But man, it’s about dancers. When I was a kid, I went to an art school every summer for a couple of months for about 15 years. I was taking ballet, jazz, tap. I was doing all that stuff."
Making a Scene
"I’m not part of any scene. I’m my own entity… When we’re on tour, every night it’s our scene. We’re not part of any other scene."
Touring Vices
"It’s definitely a lifestyle decision. I don’t recommend it. I’ll tell you that much. But that’s how I get down."
