It must be something in the water because the British have a way of creating good television and even better music. You Me At Six, a name that I don’t get at all, is a British punk/alternative rock/rock pop group that has done what the British bands normally do, play good music. Though I’d never put the in the same class as the Fab Four or The Stones, You Me At Six is better than a lot of bands that I’ve been hearing coming out of the radio. What struck me right off with Sinners Never Sleep is how well mixed the sound of it is.

Starting the album off is the song “Loverboy” that has this very catchy opening that starts off low and builds into the beat that gives the song strength and then the lyrics kick in where it gave me the impression that I was going to be listening to an alternative rock band. Then by the third song the songs went to a little more hard rock than alternative rock, which has a nice edge to the sound. In the middle the sound changed more to the rock pop where the rhythm wasn’t as hard hitting, the lyrics had a little less grit in them, and the beat was a bit slower. But by the end they threw me for a loop when it quickly turned into a punk song where I was ready to get into a mosh pit throwing limbs around in a unhealthy manner.

You Me At Six has a ton of energy in their songs, even when the songs are somewhat low key, the energy is felt in the song. There’s also the strength in the songs, which I’ve put the word strong in this review a few times but that’s the impression I was given after listening to Sinners Never Sleep. This is a band that has strong vocals, strong lyrics, and strong instruments. What I was hearing on this album were songs that sounded like what I would hear if I was hearing them play live with no audio equipment to change their pitch or tone. This is what a good voice will sound like when there hasn’t had to be adjusted so much, it’s vocals that make the song worth listening to, and it’s clearly understood what is being said. More impressive is that fact that the band was giving the nice wide range of sounds in the songs to keep the album from sounding as if it was one long song. This is not an album that is trying to make it off of one hit song but rather an album where I can go my favorite is track 1, no track 3, oh wait it’s track 4, maybe 5, actually it’s 7, you see my point.