― nader (nader), Monday, 21 February 2005 18:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 09:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 10:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ain't Un-nice (nader), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― joseph (joseph), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
Haaa ha! Those comments were slightly shocking, yes.
My housemate made me download the album for him, I tried listening to it and couldn't get past two songs.
― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 17:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, jesus.... what would I have to do to get those emailed to me?!? Or maybe you could You Sent It them?..... .. . . . . oh, sweet bearded baby jesus.. .. . .
― Bent Over at the Arclight, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:25 (nineteen years ago) link
I blame hearing what is probably the best song on the album at exceedingly low volume at 6am in the morning and thinking it sounded a bit like Bows. A proper listen confirmed that it doesn't really, while the rest of the album seemed like the most pro forma recitation of current post-punk revival power-moves that I've yet heard.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 18:35 (nineteen years ago) link
Is it the hype?
Is it because they're getting press when the artists from which their sound(s) derive(s) didn't tap into/have access to the marketing machines of yore?
― nader (nader), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― nader (nader), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― nabiscothingy, Tuesday, 22 February 2005 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 10:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 10:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Or did the backlash already exist?
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 10:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― dmun, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 10:53 (nineteen years ago) link
It was number three...
― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 12:00 (nineteen years ago) link
I think I'll always hold up "Is This It" as a sort of yardstick for rock albums, of course because I am not really into rock, and it's a fantastic pop album really. Bloc Party for me come across a bit too right on or something with some of the lyrics and delivery, like "passionate" in that rock way, which doesn't do much for me.
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 12:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― elwisty (elwisty), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― nabiscothingy, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 18:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 28 February 2005 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link
“He’s born a liar / He’ll die a liar… / …he’s just like his dad / He’s just like his dad / Same mistakes / Some things will never be different… / …why can’t you be / More European?”
...are horrible. And I'm someone who's generally forgiving of bad or indifferent lyrics.
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 28 February 2005 02:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Haha Ronan I think we have totally different preferences when it comes to guitar music - I like a bit of bombast to my indie rock. Part of the reason the likes of the Strokes never really clicked with me was because it all seemed a bit too neat and composed.
To be fair, I'm like that with all music - once dance music gets too dry and tidy I tend to lose interest, maybe that's why I've never appreciated the clickier end of microhouse for example.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 28 February 2005 12:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 04:26 (nineteen years ago) link
ON THE FUCKING MONEY
― chris sallis, Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― chris sallis, Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 10 March 2005 11:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 10 March 2005 11:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 10 March 2005 12:19 (nineteen years ago) link
i'm gonna say IF....!! (even tho it doesnt quite fit) just to see cozen wince
― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 14 March 2005 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 March 2005 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Monday, 14 March 2005 13:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 March 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link
DJ Koze's remix of "Zu Dicht Dran" on Kompakt.100
― nader (nader), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:02 (nineteen years ago) link
"International Snootleg" by International Pony Vs. Losoul (feat. Malte)
― nader (nader), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:03 (nineteen years ago) link
they're just so painfully average. classic, dud ... either of these would be an improvement, to be honest. i'd say they were forgettable but i can't even remember.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
I realize that in the world of ILM there aren't many hard or fast rules, but a band with one album and a handful of EPs?
They get the C/D treatment?
Already?
Would the same have been done following the release of Radiohead's Pablo Honey or Daft Punk's Homework or the Jaxx Remedy?
I guess it's possible they too would have got it, what with so many itchy mouse buttons hovering over the "Submit" button. But I don't suppose it'd have made the judgment any less premature.
― nader (nader), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Perhaps. Especially considering I began this thread last April.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:33 (nineteen years ago) link