Young Knives are an English indie rock band from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. The name is based on a misunderstanding of "young knaves", which was found by the band when rummaging through a book.
The band was originally named "Simple Pastoral Existence" but this name only lasted until they split for a few years from 1997 to 1999, at which time they renamed themselves "Ponyclub." The name "Ponyclub" was changed when they got their first record deal because there was already an artist in existence named "Pony Club." This is when the name "The Young Knives" was coined. They later dropped the definite article prefix prior to the release of their second full-length album, Superabundance.
They broke into the music industry in 2002 with the critical success of their debut mini-album The Young Knives... Are Dead, but began to garner national coverage upon the release of their single "The Decision" in late 2005. They played their biggest live gig in June 2006 and completed a UK tour in support of their first proper album Voices of Animals and Men, which reached No. 21 in the UK Album Charts. In July 2007 they were nominated for the Nationwide Mercury Prize. Their second album Superabundance entered the charts in March 2008 at number 28, with a third album Ornaments From The Silver Arcade ready for April 2011.
Two places that I really want to go,One is my house, the other I can't know. We can try it for a while, Travelling in style. But I know, Yes I know, That there are two places that I really want to go. Wandering I came upon you in the wilderness, We talked for a while, you seemed quite peculiar, I made my excuses and ran through the underpass, You followed me back there and jumped from the undergrowth, Is this really how you want to be remembered for it, My boy? Yes it is, you've got no idea how I feel about it, My boy. Two places that I really want to go, One is my house, the other I can't know. We can try it for a while, Travelling in style. But I know, Yes I know, That there are two places that I really want to go. The lengths that you'll go to are crazed and fanatical, The things that you value are all veiled in mystery, But like me you're not made of stone, It feels like we are all alone, All alone, On our own. Two places that I really want to go, One is our house, the other I can't know. We can try it for a while, Travelling in style. But I know, Yes I know, That there are two places that I really want to go. Yes it could be here as well, This is certainly no hell, But there are, Two places that I really want to go.
... and Welfare staff unloaded a van full of toasters, kitchen utensils, kitchen knives, air fryers, blankets and more items that a young person might want if they were venturing out to live on their own.
One in five young people is reckoned to suffer a mental ... Smartphones must sooner or later be universally banned for young people under 16, with the same ferocity as are cigarettes, drugs and knives.
Speaking to Femail, he explained that in order to 'save money', young people have chosen 'useful items' for their Christmas list, while some have radically vetoed the custom completely ... 'The cost of living crisis has hit young people hard.
... agreed to pay $3.8 million last December for violations including illegally employing children as young as 14 to debone poultry with sharp knives and operate power-driven lifts to move pallets.
“Another young life has been lost as a result of young men carrying knives ... weapons but also educating young people and preventing them to being drawn into that lifestyle.”.
'If ever there was a case that demonstrates the twin evils of drug peddling and carrying knives, particularly young people carrying knives, this is it.
Labour has vowed to get 13,000 police officers back on the streets and previously announced a five-step plan to tackle the issue, including guaranteed sanctions for young people carrying knives.
Perhaps suffering a shortage of meat, or perhaps as part of some primitive quasi-religious ritual, the Neanderthals used hand axes, saw-toothed knives and scrapers to deflesh their young victims.
Children as young as 11 are carrying knives because they feel unsafe, a major review has found - while levels of physical abuse in classrooms are soaring ... Children as young as 11 are carrying knives ...
... similar attack − this time targeting young Jewish athletes on a soccer field ... Spectators grew increasingly hostile and the young Jewish athletes were eventually chased by a violent mob, knives in hand.
