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Known As Heavenly Blue From 2021 Onward. Youth Novel Was An Emotive Hardcore Band From Ann Arbor Michigan Formed In 2012 At The University Of Michigan. The Band Featured Shifting Members Throughout Its Tenure Some Of Whom Didn't Play At Live Shows But Played On Recorded Material And Vice-Versa. The Group Played A Few Shows See Below In The Michigan Area Before Going On Hiatus In 2016 After The Majority Of The Members Graduated And Dispersed Throughout The Country. The Band Was Known For Their Energetic Confrontational And At Times Menacing Live Performances Which Could Include Physical Contact With Crowd Members And Equipment. During The Covid-19 Quarantine Members Resurrected And Completed A Previously Abandoned Full-Length Record Which Was Released On Valentines Day Of 2021 On Zegema Beach Records. Later That Year Following The Departure Of The Last Original Members The Group Changed Their Name To Heavenly Blue Though They Would Continue To Utilize Material Written During The Youth Novel Period. Members Of Youth Novel Have Also Played In Blue Noise TheCheeseburgerPicnic Vampires!! Goodthink The Heart She Holler Girl Genes Bonzo Homestead Odessa Girls Mikiri Counter The Mint Megan Goes To Oregon Serpent Column Pipe Dreams Heavy Sigh Gwyneth Lein. -------Releases------- 2013 "Demos" Pressed 25 To 5" Lathe Records By Driftwood Records 2014 "Turned Around Abruptly Beside A Mirror And Jumped At My Own Reflection" Skeletal Lightning Records US Zegema Beach Records Canada 2015 "The Gentle Harm Of Tradition" Split With Coma Regalia Middle Man Records Zegema Beach Records Too Far Gone Records Dingleberry Records 2017 Discography Digital Release 2021 Youth Novel LP Zegema Beach Records -------Show History------- 2013
July 7 2013 W/ Pet Symmetry Sundials Secret Grief SRVVLST @ DAAC In Grand Rapids MI
July 28 2013 W/ Mid Nineties @ Angelo's House In Ferndale Michigan
September 6th 2014 W/Brave Bird Hawk & Sun @ Metal Frat In Ann Arbor 2014
Jan 25th 2014 W/ Brave Bird @ Metal Frat In Ann Arbor
March 16th 2014 W/ 2194 Jamie From Temple Former States Mid Nineties @ Frozen Banana Stand In Ann Arbor
March 18th 2014 W/ The Hotelier Secret Grief Osoosooso @ Metal Frat In Ann Arbor
May 25th 2014 Bled Fest In Howell MI
July 26th 2014 Rockamura Fest @ Nakamura In Ann Arbor MI
August 7th 2014 W/ Neck First Making Mirrors @ The Rockery In Wyandotte MI
September 12th 2014 Undead Wedding/Funeral @ Metal Frat In Ann Arbor MI
September 14th 2014 W/ Gas Up Yr Hearse‼ Ice Hockey The Truth About Dreaming And Kuwabara @ Screamo Frat In Ann Arbor MI 2015
February 19th 2015 W/ Oliver Houston Cardboard Swords Bonzo @ Metal Frat In Ann Arbor MI
March 22th 2015 W/ The Exploration Wicked Boy @ The Quad In Grand Rapids MI
April 11th 2015 W/ Secret Grief Bobbi Palace American Dirtbike @ 96 Bronco House In Ypsilanti MI
April 20th 2015 W/ Loma Prieta The Heart Of Eyesore Touch @ Sanctuary In Detroit MI
September 13th 2015 W/ Whenskiesaregray The Truth About Dreaming Ghosts Of Poets @ Metal Frat In Ann Arbor MI
November 6th 2015 W/ The Saddest Landscape Empire! Empire! Convenient Trash @ Mac's Bar In Lansing MI
December 6th 2015 W/ Xerxes Oliver Houston Bonzo @ Metal Frat In Ann Arbor MI 2016
January 6th 2016 W/ Facility Weather Lore Ourselves Broadacre @ Sanctuary In Detroit. MI read less