Night People | ||||
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Studio album by You Me at Six | ||||
Released | 6 January 2017 | |||
Recorded | February 2016 | |||
Studio | Black Bird Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, US | |||
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Length | 35:23 | |||
Label | Infectious Music | |||
Producer | Jacquire King | |||
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Singles from Night People | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 67/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Clash | 4/10 |
DIY | |
The Guardian | |
The Independent | |
Kerrang! | 4/5 |
London Evening Standard | |
The Observer | |
Rock Sound | 8/10 |
Rolling Stone Australia | |
Stereoboard |
Night People is the fifth studio album by English rock band You Me at Six. It was released on 6 January 2017 through Infectious Music. The album sees a departure from the band's usual style for a much darker and heavier tone.
You Me at Six released their fourth studio album Cavalier Youth in January 2014. The group supported it with an 18-month long touring cycle, which included the band's first arena tour, and ended with an appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival in June 2015. Following this, the band's social media accounts went inactive. After the preceding ten years of constant touring, the band members went a break, which vocalist Josh Franceschi considered to be "necessary to appreciate the things we had, to get off the ride for a little bit." During the break, the band members refrained from listening to the radio or rock albums, instead consuming hip hop, UK grime, soul and funk music.
In the autumn of 2015, the band built a personal studio at drummer Dan Flint's house, which would allow them to work whenever they wished. The band visited Flint's studio as often as three or four times a week to write new material; the group ended up writing 50–60 new songs. Following demoing sessions in Sheffield with Ross Orton, the vision for the group's next album began to form, as Franceschi explains: "Out of that process we knew that we were necessarily going down the right route—musically, mentally, everything."
The band members reconvened in January 2016 with no immediate plans to record a new album, nor any idea of who might produce it. After having discussions with several different producers, the group were approached by Jacquire King in early February. King offered the band the chance to record in Nashville, Tennessee, and "literally three days later," according to Franceschi, the band boarded a plane to Nashville. The group was so eager to record that they flew before their management had been able to figure out accommodation in the city. In the past, the group had "screaming matches with some of our producers," according to Franceschi; to avoid stressing out King or themselves, the band's management recommended they took a meditation class prior to recording.