I just saw Youth Group perform in New York, I thought it was worth a mention:
On a rainy Tuesday night in New York I saw Sydney band Youth Group perform in front of about 200 people at a downtown bar, Pianos.
After the performance I spoke with the bands lead singer Toby Martin about their latest album, touring and life in New York.
"This is the second performance in a four week residency at Pianos here in New York," Martin said.
"I have been living in Brooklyn for almost six weeks now and we have been playing similar residency gigs in Boston and Philadelphia.
The bands fourth album 'The Night is Ours' was released in the US last week, six months after its Australian release.
The 33-year old said it is the bands best album to date and it was recorded over five months on a ship in the Sydney Harbour.
"We wanted to record the album in our own space and that just happened to be on the Cape Don."
The band Toby, Cameron Emerson-Elliot, Patrick Matthews and Danny Lee Allen all obtained working visas to allow them to perform in the US over the space of a year.
"We are doing some residency gigs and then we will do a tour all over the US.''
The band hit international success with their version of Forever Young which featured on the hit TV show The OC.
Tonight the band choose not to play the song.
"It is not the first time we have played in New York and it will not be the last.''
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