As a former member of much-touted The New Shapes and a current member of Emmy the Great's touring band, Euan Hinshelwood has a pedigree that belies his nineteen years and a talent that shines through in this psychedelic folk ballad. Backed up by the hazy early-70s prog-folk beauty of 'Soft Deadly Hymns', you can pick up this excellent debut as a digital release through iTunes.

01 - Young Husband - Could They Be Jealous Of Us

02 - Young-Husband - Soft Deadly Hymns

Recorded live in a barn over two days, the EP was both an experiment in production for the band, and an exorcism. Coming at an almost uncomfortably prolific moment for songwriter Euan Hinshelwood, after the month-long tour that saw them solidify as a band, there was a sense that the songs had to be put out, or they would be lost. "Sometimes you have to let these things go into the world," says Hinshelwood, "so you can move on and keep creating." He goes on to add, "This EP is not perfect, nor was it meant to be. It's very much a live thing, like an exercise, but in some ways, having come off tour, we needed it to be immediate." Despite Hinshelwood's trademark nonchalance, 'Idiot Son' serves to the outside ear as so much more than a snapshot in development. A rough-around-the edges mixture of emotion and aggression, the EP spans several moods of Younghusband, from the buoyant and the grungy in 'The Prosecutor', to the more introverted in 'Black Boots'. Meanwhile lead track 'Younghusband Say Relax' captures the existential anxieties of the young man with all the charm of a young, British-born Stephen Malkmus. 

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