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Uploaded: 2003-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Youth Group's 'Shadowland' was released as a single in November 2003 on Australian indie imprint Ivy League Records, appearing on the band's second album Skeleton Jar (released March 2004 in Australia; May 2005 in the US via Epitaph/Anti Records). The single predates the band's global breakthrough — their cover of Alphaville's 'Forever…

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Youth Group ： Shadowland - Youth Group ： Shadowland music video

2003Australian Indie Rock Breakthrough Era (2003–2005)Australian Indie Rock / Jangle Pop — early 2000s Sydney underground scene

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Youth Group's 'Shadowland' was released as a single in November 2003 on Australian indie imprint Ivy League Records, appearing on the band's second album Skeleton Jar (released March 2004 in Australia; May 2005 in the US via Epitaph/Anti Records). The single predates the band's global breakthrough — their cover of Alphaville's 'Forever Young', which reached #1 in Australia in 2006 after being featured in US teen…

Why it matters

A defining artefact of early-2000s Australian jangle-pop and indie rock, 'Shadowland' demonstrates how Sydney acts synthesised American indie rock melancholy (Death Cab for Cutie, Pavement) with Britpop guitar textures (Teenage Fanclub) into a distinctly antipodean voice. The song and its video…

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