East India Youth is swapping indie for electronica

East India Youth was glad to break free from the constraints of conventional guitar bands, writes Ed Power.

East India Youth is swapping indie for electronica

WILLIAM Doyle has no regrets. The British electronica composer, who records as East India Youth, recently released his debut album, Total Strife Forever. The title is a pun on Total Life Forever, a top- 10 LP by British indie band Foals.

To his amusement and mild consternation, the question keeps coming up: was he laughing at Foals (whose hipster haircuts and zinging guitars are easily mocked)? Or offering homage?

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