2011 I mean. Shit, haven't got used to writing that yet.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 12:40 (thirteen years ago) link
sod it. will use both threads.
sick to the fucking beginning of my root canal nerves of hearing about/hearing them. already.
they're sort of average, which means they will probably be waist deep in cocaine and hookers by March as it's the UK, autobiography detailing just how interesting this is as it has never happened before to be out by 2013, 2 for 1 kindle book with the one by the boring guy nobody gave a fuck about at the time or later from The Libertines.
― fndgo, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 12:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Lex dont lookhttp://www.nme.com/layout/magImage.php
Most discussion about it is on Has The NME Got Good?
― Shakey Moe Szyslak (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 12:45 (thirteen years ago) link
suggest obvious... sorry
― fndgo, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Album leaked. It's absolutely great (except for "Post Break Up Sex" which remains a total piece of shit song).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 12 March 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
FUCKING amazing, just fantastic. my favourite british rock album since The Horrors' Primary Colours.so glad it's good as there's been a weird kind of backlash-before-the-hype's-even-started from sneery would be hipster types. fuck em.
― piscesx, Monday, 14 March 2011 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I missed the hype build-up. I just found out about them last December or so kind of by accident when I looking to see what Jay Jay Pistolet was up to. Turns out he went back to his real name and started a band called The Vaccines.
He used to do a pretty good M.Ward impression:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOGQKLgL2Wg
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 March 2011 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
fans of this lot:http://www.stutter.demon.co.uk/elastica/images/elastica_col.jpg
check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blxusFwdgbs
― piscesx, Sunday, 20 March 2011 05:05 (thirteen years ago) link
um yeah this album is fucking good.
― Get me two meatball sandwiches Utah! TWO! (thebingo), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
actually, i'm really looking forward to picking it up from fopp when they drop it to a fiver.and co-sign the statement about the use of the old columbia logo on the sleeve, its a nice touch, and suits the cover art nicely.
― mark e, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
if you wanna...fantastic
― Get me two meatball sandwiches Utah! TWO! (thebingo), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
They've certainly got the tunes (Post Break-Up Sex excepted) and even though they're shamelessly derivative it's a lot of fun.
Problem that won't go away is the singer - he has a sort of Danny McNamara anti-charismatic bellow that means he should really not try to hold notes for very long. Or be upfront-and-centre in the mix.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Their live set is now expanded from 30 minutes to 32 mins 30 secs by the addition of a cover of Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White.
― Alan Partridge Project (ithappens), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
spot on matt.
― Get me two meatball sandwiches Utah! TWO! (thebingo), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
picked up the album and loving its simple charms, but how on earth is the live cd being priced at £24 !?!
― mark e, Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
presented without comment
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― congo nattefrost (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
"If You Wanna" is pretty good. The rest of this album is decent, but this is the standout for me.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
is it me, or is there a big Morrissey thing going on with the vocals?
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
warmed up considerably to the first album. at least 5-6 very good songs on this.
― Poliopolice, Monday, 17 February 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
I think they're an underrated group. I think Justin's a very sharp songwriter, who knows exactly where he and they are going. Heard from several people connected with the group that he insisted on leaving several songs off the second album that everyone else thought were the best, because he insisted they weren't Vaccines songs. And I'm inclined to credit that to a clear eyed view of his audience than blind stupidity.
Also … he is incredibly nice. He recently went to my friend's house – whom he'd never met – to record some guitar parts for an album, because I emailed and asked him to. I'm not his best mate or anything - have met him three times. That struck me as an act of staggering decency.
― Unsettled defender (ithappens), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
it's not gonna win any awards for originality, but it's got a lot of what I look for in music: a combination of fun and melancholia set to jangles and memorable tunes.
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
pretty music obsessed with this album now.
― Poliopolice, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
New song just released... Song is very forgettable, video is weird, kind of terrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6eODKYHXI
― Poliopolice, Monday, 26 January 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
These people are terrible but the riff for Dream Lover is great
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 May 2015 14:21 (nine years ago) link