YOUTHYEAR is the moniker of Eric Paquette, a Nashville based artist, songwriter, and producer hailing from Western Massachusetts. YOUTHYEAR has collaborated with alt giants Lit, Dashboard Confessional, Letdown, and Michigander as well as Butch Walker, Desmond Child, Colin Brittain, members of No Doubt and more. Eric’s first single “Basement” kicked off the start of 2024’s releases and was the first step outside of the writer/producer chair and into the artist spotlight. YOUTHYEAR’s upcoming releases and sound are an alt-rock collection of post-party/post-relationship songs with elements of 90s nostalgia, hip-hop, nü-school pop-punk and also draws influence from the more melodic side of grunge. Themes of self-sabotage and struggling with sobriety are juxtapositioned with bright colorful melodies and are a reflection of Eric’s own experience with addiction and the darker corners of his recovery journey. YOUTHYEAR and rock legend Carlo Colasacco (Shinedown, Sueco) co-wrote and co-produced all of the upcoming songs scheduled to release all throughout 2024. Over the last year YOUTHYEAR played the first shows with his live band in Nashville, TN including dates at the Basement East, Exit/In, Marathon Music Works (Nashville), The Music Box in San Diego, CA and The Middle East in Boston, MA, sharing the stage with Mayday Parade, Say Anything, Relient K, Cassadee Pope, The Starting Line, Knox, Lil Lotus & more. Throughout his career in Eric has shared the stage with The 1975, The Misfits, Imagine Dragons, My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World, Panic! At The Disco, The All American Rejects and more.