RFI: Art Brut

i know of World of Twist people ending up as Earl Brutus ..

is this Art Brut a new variation on that glorious mess of a band ?

i dont read NME so i have no idea .. but would be interested to know if thats the case ..

m.e

They make rather shouty novelty indie - a modern update on Carter perhaps?

Live they're a bit shambolic, but their frontman is really quite funny.

Not sure I fancy shouty novelty indie though....

This is a sad adverb and you should consider a more positive substitution.

Actually, holy crap, ELASTICA!!!!!!!!!

I might not've bought the album last night if I knew the US one will have "These Animal Menswear" on it, but eh.

They have a song called "These Animal Menswear", don't they?

and for joy, the DJ at their gig last night played These Animal Men's mighty "Speeed King" single!

The lead singer no longer has the moustache.

They are great live. The band live to rock, while the singer lives to do rambling stream of consciousness lyrics (that are probably very scripted). I generally hate lyrics, which is one reason why I listen to a lot of foreign stuff these days, but his lyrics are great.

See also the side project band Everybody Was In The French Resistance... Now!

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/artbrut_1.jpg

is a bit too much like

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/k/korn/album-follow-the-leader.jpg

Fruitbat's honour!

smdh

Yeah I'm looking forward to this a lot. Another album produced by Frank Black which is great as he did a fine job on Vs Satan.

Oh yeah and this is pretty cool, they launched it this afternoon.

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/artbrut

easy now jim

McKelvie is better than Capullo, but yr right on the colour/imagery, and that is "drawings very much in character"

i haven't heard anything since the first album. AWFUL band. have they gone thru puberty yet?

important revive

in retrospect, shoulda gone on the "why do ppl like art brut?" thread

have they gone thru puberty yet?

It made them boring.

Still anticipating this upcoming album, but I thought the third one was an exciting return to form at the time and then promptly stopped listening to it forever it appears.

Can't beat that first one imo. Why do you hate it ilxor?

every time i put on 1st album, i end up laughing.
in a good way.
then i remember the heated debate i witnessed backstage @ glasto' 05 between eddie argos and john robb about bands from manchester.
details as to the exact points of discussion are buried under a grey cell hangover fug, but i do remember it being hugely entertaining.

Still anticipating this upcoming album, but I thought the third one was an exciting return to form at the time and then promptly stopped listening to it forever it appears.

Can't beat that first one imo.

― Johnny Fever

I still listen to the third album a lot, it was a lot better than It's a Bit Complicated but then I think that one was pretty underrated too. You are right though they will never beat the first one, it still sounds absolutely perfect to me.

I heard a clip of the new single (Lost Weekend) in which he actually attempts singing after having lessons from Frank Black. He sounds like a cross between Luke Haines and Colin Newman, it's quite odd to hear.

This is the new song you can download for free.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkcgQ_FtNSE

The "1 2 3 I'll let you pin me" bit has been stuck in my head for days.

I haven't listened to them in ages but I really liked the first album a lot and they were tons of fun when I saw them live.

Yeah, the live show I saw in 2006 was AWESOME.

Yeah this was probably around then too. I think they'd had a second album come out but I hadn't heard it. Anyway, like I said, fun.

ugh, who thought what this band needed was singing?

Yeah this was probably around then too. I think they'd had a second album come out but I hadn't heard it. Anyway, like I said, fun.

dare say I saw them the same time - they had the Chr1s Ch1nchilla replacement on gtr, anyway - and likewise loved the first album and didn't bother with the second, and likewise likewise they were rly fun. had picked them over an Andrew WK solo show, so that was a relief.

the third album was ok, perhaps even a bit more consistent than the first (which i'm sick of anyway) but it's hard to say that more than one album of theirs is entirely necessary

Just leaked. Will give it a shake in the morning.

Couldn't wait. Listening now...there's a classic line in "Bad Comedian"

"How can you bear to hold his hand? / I bet he signs his name in Comic Sans."

I can't seem to find a link, is it in the usual places? Maybe it's already been take down.

It'll probably be around later today.

Yeah I'll keep an eye out for it.

So how's it sounding so far?

These guys are just taunting Fat Dom P now, surely.

Congrats all round.

wow, cover art by that Phonogram guy. Exciting.

No big surprise to say that I am loving this after a few plays. The last two tracks are just lovely, a really different side to them.

This is mostly pretty good, but a few missed opportunities. Really love the closing two tracks, oddly affecting for these guys.