You and What Army: Difference between revisions

You and What Army are influenced by a variety of music genres, including rock, rap, [[Heavy metal music|metal]], [[djent]], and various [[electronic music]] genres such as [[Rave music|rave]], [[drum and bass]], [[gabber]], [[Trance music|trance]], and [[electro house]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL86E791C214C374CE|title=YAWA Songs|via=YouTube|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/youandwhatarmy/info/?tab=page_info|title=You and What Army|publisher=facebook.com|access-date=9 April 2016}}{{Primary source inline|date=December 2017}}</ref> The band's earliest songs didn't make use of clean vocals,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEECI1Wscww|title=you and what army apocalypse|last=thechemicalhorizon|date=24 October 2007|access-date=18 January 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BU6tE8Bb10|title=You and What Army? Starcadia|last=xLucyRosex|date=11 July 2007|access-date=18 January 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsXzIb3GW48|title=Supernova|last=0o0mangamad0o0|date=26 July 2008|access-date=18 January 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref> however, following the addition of guitarist and vocalist Kieran Smith, the band started incorporating clean vocals on some songs. The band's second EP, ''The End Of The Beginning,'' features both rapping and screamed vocals from frontman Dave Brown, as well as clean vocals from Kieran Smith. The band's self-titled EP features influences from djent metal on tracks such as "Lucidity" and "Take the World by Storm", Dave Brown describing the latter one as "really heavy",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcS98wm36oU|title=You And What Army EP!|last=Boyinaband|date=18 January 2012|access-date=18 January 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref> as well as a "slow, less heavy" [[liquid drum and bass]] song ("Visionary")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OiwXz-AfFo|title=[Liquid DnB] Visionary - You and What Army|last=YouandWhatArmyUK|date=27 March 2012|access-date=18 January 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref> featuring both Brown and Smith singing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZa4Vf9U7Aw|title=Acoustic Liquid Drum & Bass (Live One Take Looping Performance - Visionary)|last=Boyinaband|date=27 March 2012|access-date=18 January 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref>