It seems a little odd that Young Guns' chosen touring cycle for 'Bones' will take place in small provincial clubs across the UK in February. This album is compiled of songs with such enormity and grandeur that they beg a stadium setting, and are more than worthy of it. Cramming these high-impact and emotively-charged songs into a sweatbox of a venue will provide an intense event that I think we'll all be lucky to survive, but it'll be one hell of a memory if we do. Young Gun have stepped it up. They've taken their already brilliant work on 2010's 'All Our Kings Are Dead' and have stuffed fireworks in it and let off a grenade under its arse, sending it sky high with their roof (and bar) raising anthemic rock. This album may only be the band's sophomore record, but its a defining statement that encompasses outstanding bravery, maturity and the kind of boldness that only comes with a band who have their hands firmly on the wheel of their career.

Recorded in Thailand, this album encapsulates all the momentous significance that the band experienced when making the record, it's palpable in every note and is symptomatic of a turning point in the band's life. 'I Was Born, I have Lived And I Will Surely Die' opens the record and immediately sets the tone of what's to follow with its stadium-rock style. Big sounds, anthemic ethos, uplifting vocals and plenty of catchy lyrics that beg crowd participation so much so that you'll be crooning along in your bedroom. Title track 'Bones' is one of the conerstone songs on the album. With its laboured beat, ambitious riffs and sing-along chorus, it's clear that this will seriously go down in a live setting. 'You Are Not' is bursting with emotive rock and enormous sounds with a booming chorus section and uptempo melody while the first single from the album, last year's 'Learn My Lesson', has a retrospective significance, a driving drum beat and dense, layered guitars all topped-off by stella vocals from Gustav Wood.

Meanwhile, 'Interlude' is a beautiful piece of music with an ethereal vulnerability running through its delicately electric core that makes it a great sobering moment on the album.and allows you to catch your thoughts in the flood of sound. 'Broadfields' wraps up this epic musical journey with a nostalgic indie vibe, and Wood's vocals soar to dizzying heights with raw skill. This is one of the most vulnerable feeling tracks on the album, like an emotive reflection on the proceeding 11 songs.

Every track on this album is pure quality. It's huge, it's meaningful and it goes straight to the bones.