The Positions is the debut studio album by Australian alternative band Gang of Youths. The album was released on 17 April 2015 and debuted at number 5 on the ARIA Charts. In a press release, lead singer Dave Leaupepe said “I was in a four-year relationship with a girl who had a terminal illness and then I made a concept album about it with my friends.”[1]
Rod Yates of Rolling Stone Australia said the "record so emotionally bruised and honest that it at times feels like you’re listening in on a conversation between frontman Dave Leaupepe and the girl in question" adding "the album oscillates between Kings of Leon style grandeur, Bruce Springsteen-esque storytelling and sounding like it could fall apart at any second – which, emotionally, is fitting."[3] Roshan Clerke of The Music AU praised the albums "concrete vision" and said "...Leaupepe writes some of the most empowering sentiments to be found in modern rock music."[1]
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