Youth Novel is 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.

Members of Youth Novel went on to form Heavenly Blue.

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.

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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)

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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 more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.