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. 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 .