Music

Verb/Re/Verb 'Youth' Mixtape

Tom Jenkins | Thursday 3 February, 2011 09:54

‘Youth’ has become a dirty word in this country. One can almost hear a collective tut, rising from the mildly agoraphobic, Daily Mail heartlands of suburbia like a sonic boom, at the mere mention of the word. What many of these curtain-twitching, scare-mongers fail to grasp is that while a handful of teenagers utilise social media and the like to devise new and interesting ways of killing and maiming each other, many more take advantage of the positive, creative opportunities on offer.

Take 15-year-old Los Angeles resident Eloise De La Rosa, author of the verb/re/verb blog. Though her writing sometimes betrays her age, she is nothing if not enthusiastic and knowledgeable about new music. Last week she released a free mixtape, pulling together her favourite artists aged 18 and under, all doing a cover of a song they listened to as a child. Amongst others, it features Galapagos, covering N’Sync’s ‘Tearing up my heart’ and a version of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’, by San Diego’s Kynan (more of whom tomorrow). Download it here.

Artwork by Sam Ray

Kynan – Purple Rain (Prince cover) by snipelondon

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