Gang Of Youths talk ‘Angel In Realtime’, covering Wilco and Mad Cool Festival 2022

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Gang Of Youths have discussed their latest album, ‘Angel In Realtime’, and their recent Wilco cover in a new interview with NME at Mad Cool Festival 2022 – you can watch the full video above.The London-based Australian band played live on the Madrid festival’s Region Of Madrid stage last Saturday (July 9) as part of their ongoing European tour.Speaking to NME backstage at Mad Cool, Gang Of Youths frontman David Le’aupepe jokingly recalled the band’s first visit to Mad Cool in 2018.“We played this festival before the doors even opened, so they’ve brought us back [this year] to apologise, which is very nice of them,” Le’aupepe said with laugh. “[2018 was] when we were even more unknown and terrible.

We drove past the festival and saw lines and lines and lines of people trying to get in, and we were on in like an hour. By the time we got on-stage, they still hadn’t opened the doors… and we’re on-stage fucking singing whatever bullshit song I wrote about philosophy and sadness.”Gang Of Youths’ latest visit to Mad Cool, however, drew a much bigger crowd than in 2018, with NME writing of their 2022 set: “From the euphoric arena indie of opener ‘Angel Of 8th Ave’ to the chest-thumping ‘The Heart Is A Muscle’ and ‘Let Me Down Easy’, the band’s spirit is infectious.”A post shared by gang of youths (@gangofyouths)Asked by NME about what sort of reception the songs from ‘Angel In Realtime’, which arrived back in February, had been receiving during their ongoing tour, Le’aupepe admitted to being bowled over by the positive responses they’ve received from their audiences.“It’s been so weird: people know the lyrics and shit, it’s pretty wild,” Le’aupepe said.