Youth & Young Manhood Youth & Young Manhood Youth & Young Manhood is the debut album from American rock band Kings of Leon, released on July 7, 2003, in the United Kingdom and on August 19, 2003, in the United States. The title was taken from a drawing of the family tree of Moses, found on the inside of one of their Pentecostal preaching father's Bibles. Each branch contained a line that the band was quoted as saying could easily have passed for an album title. "Youth and Young Manhood", however, seemed fitting and was quickly agreed upon by all members. The album was
Heights (band) (5/5) rating by Kerrang! and also gained 8/10 scores from both Metal Hammer and Rocksound magazines. The release saw the band tour extensively with varied number of bands in alternative music like Architects, Biohazard and Attack Attack!. Following the release of their debut album, the band left Mediaskare Records and signed to Transcend Music who released their second and final album "Old Lies For Young Lives". In 2014 the band released a 3-track EP entitled "Strangers" which would be their final studio material to be released before their break up. Since their break up in 2014, the former band members