Young Man is Colin Caulfield from Chicago. Regarding his music, "It’s enoug… Read Full Bio ↴Young Man is Colin Caulfield from Chicago. Regarding his music, "It’s enough to make you stop and say, “What is that?” It being the gorgeous melodies and lean, spellbound guitar lines of Colin Caulfield, an English/French lit major who’s about to change what it means to be a shape-shifting singer-songwriter in the YouTube age.

Just ask Bradford Cox. He knows. Why, just a year ago, the Deerhunter frontman stumbled upon Caulfield’s organ-grinding rendition of “Rainwater Cassette Exchange” and said it’s “fantastically superior to the original. It actually sent shivers up my spine, especially during the second verse.”

Believe it or not, that chilling cover was just a warmup session. As killer as he is at capturing the very essence of everything from Animal Collective to Ariel Pink, Caulfied’s true talent is in telling his own Young Man stories. The first chapter of which goes by the name Boy, a deceivingly-simple suite of songs about wanting to grow up without having the slightest idea of what ‘being a man’ actually means.

Now that’s a reason to hit rewind, from the tone-setting tenderness and psych-infused harmonies of “Five” to the restless rhythms (Caulfield was a drummer well before he became a singer/guitarist) and room-engulfing intimacy of “Up So Fast.” Both of which feature some of the most hopeful/haunting choruses you’ll hear all year.

And that’s just the beginning, of course. Since Young Man was conceived as a concept project about the passing of time, love, and loss, Caulfield already has two loosely- linked LPs on tap—a faceless collection of fragile characters that could be any one of us, really.

“A lot of it’s autobiographical,” explains Caulfield, “but it’s universal at the same time, because everyone goes through these things.”

Listen closely. It’ll all make sense soon enough. Trust us."

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Young Man Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Young Man:

Being Alone (Pre-) Wave from my hand I was a different man Did I unde…
Fate Fate It's not something new nothing times as somethin you…
Five Daddy won't you come down here Won't you just lend me…
In a Sense Reading, eyes wide shut Across the room Reading lines of all…
It's Alright Wait For me Stay Free () It's alright It's what I need I'm …
Josie Josie, my lover Is there another? I’m willing to the end o…
My Days It’s much too grey To say I’ve seen the lows My days I…
Nothing To go away And stay for nothing And I know these days Unl…
Scrape On the Knee (Verse) For you Lay down Whispering fear Of the ground I ben…

Unfair (Verse) It's unfair It's unfair But I don't give a care …
Waterford Looking at Waterford In those old cabinets Is there someth…

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