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Young Rival is a Canadian
indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...
band from
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,
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. It consists of
singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
ist Aron D'Alesio,
bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...
John Smith, and
drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...
Noah Fralick.


History

In the early 2000s, the group was called The Ride Theory, and released two full-length albums under that name. They changed both the band's name and its musical style in 2007, and it became Young Rival. Guitarist Kyle Kuchmey left the band at the end of 2009. Young Rival signed to
Sonic Unyon Sonic Unyon Recording Company is an independent record label based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Their former retail store was located on Wilson Street near James Street North. The label has put out releases by bands including Tristan Psioni ...
. After releasing an EP, the band toured as opening act for
The Sadies The Sadies are a Canadian rock and roll / country and western band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Dallas Good, Travis Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky. Dallas and Travis are the sons of Margaret and Bruce Good, and nephews of Bria ...
and for
Born Ruffians Born Ruffians are a Canadian indie rock band based in Toronto. Officially founded in 2004 in the Georgian Bay town of Midland, Ontario, the band is composed of frontman Luke Lalonde, bassist Mitch DeRosier, and drummer Steve Hamelin. During the ...
.Morris, Dave (April 28, 2010).
Young Rival's true Hamilton grit: Changing tastes and a defection slow this rock trio down, but these hearts were meant to run free
, ''
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''. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
The self-titled debut album was recorded partly in
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at HallaMusic Recording Studios and partly in New York City. The band enlisted the talents of American artist
James Kuhn James Lawrence Kuhn (born November 19, 1961) is an American visual artist and professional clown ("Haw Haw the Clown") from Three Oaks, Michigan. Kuhn is known for his "365 Faces in a Year", in which he painted a different image on his face and he ...
to provide face paint art and lip synching talent for the video for the track "Two Reasons" from their October 2012 release, ''Stay Young''. In 2015 Young Rival released an album of 60s-style pop music, ''Interior Light'', through Paper Bag Records. This album appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Chart in December that year. Five additional tracks were released as an EP, ''Strange Light'', in 2016."Young Rival Strange Light"
''Exclaim!'', By Cosette Schulz May 13, 2016


Members

* Aron D'Alesio –
vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
,
guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
* John Smith – bass * Noah Fralick –
drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...


Discography


Albums

* 2010: ''Young Rival'' * 2012: ''Stay Young'' * 2015: ''Interior Light'' * 2016: ''Strange Light''


EPs

* 2008: ''Young Rival EP''


Singles


References


External links


Young Rival
official site
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CBC Radio 3 CBC Radio 3 is a Canadian digital radio station operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which plays a relatively freeform mix of indie rock, indie pop, alternative hip hop, folk, country and electronic music. The service, which lanuc ...
{{DEFAULTSORT:Young Rival Musical groups established in 2007 Canadian indie rock groups Musical groups from Hamilton, Ontario 2007 establishments in Ontario Sonic Unyon artists