Better off Apart can best be described as Electronic Pop tune with a Rock influence and is about how some people and some things are only meant to be in your life for a certain period before you grow apart and that’s okay.

Better off Apart

Better Off Apart

Defiant, unapologetic, and powerful, “Watch It Burn” is an anthem that calls for the disruption of the status quo while promoting self-empowerment. Following up from their debut single ‘Better off Apart’ Tainted Youth return with more distorted guitars, heavy electronics & catchy hooks, exploring a range of genres & styles while holding a magnifying glass to the world and its flaws.

Watch it Burn

Watch It Burn

Our last single 'Watch it burn' was a look into the sounds we want to explore going forward but this record 'Feel that way' is more of an exploration into some of the songs that got us into electronic music over a decade ago.

Feel that way

07/04/22

One cold London evening we decided to remix our own song for a bit of fun. We loved this version so much we decided to release it. 

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Feel that way (3am mix)

Feel That Way (3am Mix)

Inspired partly by “Lord of the Flies” and partly by a scene in Mean Girls, ‘The Prey’ is Tainted Youth’s new dystopian electro-pop track. It compares the anxieties and desire to fit in while at school to the survival mode that prey experience when being stalked by a predator. This track takes Tainted Youth’s sound in a slightly more commercial direction, layering punchy melodic hooks over dark industrial production. Drawing references from techno records as well as Southern Hip-Hop, this track is rife with production easter eggs like a lion’s roar, which is sampled from the inspirational scene in Mean Girls.

The Prey

We made this cover of the classic Linkin Park tune for our live show and DJ sets last year. Every time we play it, we always have people asking for a copy, so we thought we should give it a proper release!

Numb

Our first original release in over a year, ‘wake up’ is a song about being honest with yourself and realizing you have to get out of the situation you’re stuck in.

Lyrics -

 don’t really like that 
Bite back 
Every time you make a mistake 
I’m sorry but its hard to believe 
The only one making our problems is me
It’s always a rematch
Two tap 
Even when there’s nothing to say 
A pattern that we’re bound to repeat 
Cause both of us cannot accept defeat

Here we go again 
Making my head spin
How can we be together when we’re barely friends 
It’s the elephant 
We been ignoring 
Until the day we get crushed under the weight of it

I don’t wanna waste time
Can’t keep chasing what this was 
I think it’s time we both wake up

I don't really like that
I think it’s time we both wake up

Every time we relapse 
Whip lash 
For about a week it’s great 
Then we drift apart cause we dont speak 
There might as well be oceans between you and me

Here we go again 
Making my head spin
How can we be together when we’re barely friends 
It’s the elephant 
We been ignoring 
Until the day we get crushed under the weight of it

I don’t wanna waste time
Can’t keep chasing what this was 
I think it’s time we both wake up

I don't really like that
I think it’s time we both wake up

I don’t wanna waste time
Can’t keep chasing what this was 
I think it’s time we both wake up

wake up

'Fire in me' is an honest exploration into what it means to overcome self doubt and chase what you want, even if it scares you. With etherial melodic hooks accompanied by swelling synths, this UK garage track is simultaneously intimate yet inspiring.

Fire in me

Fire in me (DnB Mix)

Endless summer is about never wanting summer to end, and making memories that will last a lifetime

endless summer

Soldier is about knowing it’s okay not being okay, and that you're not alone in your mental health battles

soldier

Player 2 is about not wanting to play mind games in a relationship, but some people just can’t help themselves...

Player 2

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‘drifting away’ is the latest single from Tainted Youth which started as a demo back in 2017 when Kathleen and Ryan first met. The song captures what it feels like to grow apart from the person you were once closest to in their signature melancholic Drum and Bass style.

drifting away

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