Consider this your polite introduction to King Of Conspiracy – a trio of Parisian punks who are invading the UK right now, and whose debut single Youth Against The Empire is released on 2nd March 2009.

We often overuse the word ‘energetic’ when we’re trying to describe bands, but when Youth Against The Empire started sputtering from my laptop speakers, all the excitement of the lean guitar riffing and French-accented vocals, ‘energetic’ was the first word to spring to my mind.

In a review reposted on their MySpace blog, one critic notes:

The members of the crowd who had not known what King of Conspiracy were about were soon taking notice and were completely sold by the time they launched into title track of their debut album.

Picking up his mic [Michael Destouches] proceeded to play his guitar with it better than a lot of guitarists can play normally. I did overhear someone comparing it to the great Jimi Hendrix and I’m struggling to disagree.

That’s quite a lofty compliment of Destouches’ guitar-playing style, but he’s got a point: the guitar playing is exceptionally inventive and demands your attention.

And while, Youth is an excellent introduction to a fiery young band, you should go and check out the other tracks on their MySpace page. Again, the worst thing you can do with a band like King Of Conspiracy is to over-intellectualize them – I get a good feeling from listening to their music, and I think you will too.

Do check them out and tell me what you think!