Sundara Karma - Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect

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Sundara Karma are a band who not only are destined to hit the highest heights, but more importantly are needed there.

For most bands, a debut album is an opening gambit that in the space of 10-12 tracks manages to summarise the various corners of what that band is about. ‘Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect’ is something more than that, a collection of tracks that not only unveils Sundara Karma to the world, but summarises the collective depths and highs of growing up. Its flourishing corners and crooks are what make it such an essential album, combining the best of modern indie into a delectable mix that’ll be sampled in headphones and headline shows in no time.

There’s an instant hit to the album that doesn’t just limit itself to one lane. The glorious bubblegum-catchiness of ‘She Said’ is the sort of direct punch that would land its mark no matter what era it was born in, whilst the high-octane sheen of ‘Loveblood’, ‘Vivienne’ and ‘Olympia’ sound ready-made for the destined monumental live moments that’ll live with this band from here on out. It’s coated in such richness that it defines what an album is meant to be; a statement of who this band is and what they’re ready to accomplish. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }