Led by Nick Llobet, New York-based indie outfit youbet‘s latest album, last year’s Way To Be and its singles received coverage from Stereogum, Consequence, Paste‘s “Best New Songs” and Post Trash. Album singles landed on playlists by Ones to Watch, Pitchfork “Selects,” The Alternative, The Line of Best Fit, Dork and a list of others.

The band supported the album through tours with Mary Timony, Palehound, Ratboys, Sour Widows, Truth Club, Coco, June McDoom and others. Their latest single “Deny” was released through Hardly Art, and the track is a decided sonic and stylistic left turn with the track being grunge-inspired ripper anchored around fuzzy power chords, thunderous drumming, big mosh pit friendly hooks paired with Llobet’s dreamy falsetto. Play loud — and open up that pit!

“Normally, youbet songs start on the nylon string, but this time I was inspired to write on the electric guitar,” Nick Llobet says. “While driving around last spring we listened to a ton of Polvo, Autolux, and Boris, just to name a few. ‘Deny’ was written last April after we got home from supporting Mary Timony on tour. I was inspired to create a song that captured the energy of that time. In this way, touring is such a great learning experience. Getting in front of new audiences last year helped us develop a new sound. We fed off of the energy. I would say this song is an experiment –trying to explore some new stylistic terrain. A lot of the new songs we’re writing live in this world – ‘Deny’ is a bridge.”