the 1975

Yeah, not really the hippest set of influences there.

The cover of Chris Malinchak is also a weird move.

Someone also mentioned John Waite and Prefab Sprout.

max's list is making me wish i unleashed the sizable amount of r&b this record recalls for me but maybe that's more obvious/actually embedded in their pr

(or, IDK, these songs are the 7" originals of JLCs extended 80s 12" expansions rather than the sow's ears they more often than not were)

for instance i'd say this is otm but to jlc i'd add basically any new romantic 12" and any jam/lewis 12"

the expansiveness of a 12" mix drawn back into four minutes

There's Postcard in Girls, too.

Like if Scritti Politti and U2 had been on the same side.

oh fuck EXACTLY

yeah that or this mountain dew kid cudi commericial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJGKnlIWVc

approachin the hill (approachin the hill (approachin the hill))

Like if Scritti Politti and U2 had been on the same side.

^^ 'robbers' kinda leaves scritti politti out of the equation.

Add The Big Pink to that list imo

Foals and Snow Patrol also

Oh wait, somebody beat me to the snow patrol ref.

anyway looking at that list this seems like it would be the grossest album ever but it's really not? hooks piled on to infinity. these guys were not on my radar at all, so thanks ilx!

One band that also came to my mind was the earlier stuff by The Devlins. Particularly songs like Alone in the Dark and Someone to Talk To.

genuinely no idea if adding foals and snow patrol is 4 real or designed to make me even more allergic to them

HOW you can all put up with his voice i have no idea

reminds me of the Artful Dodger in Oliver!

His voice is fairly anonymous and not actively offensive but I really don't get his intonation at all, there's a bit where he sings "throw ipp on yr shizz" and I genuinely have no idea what accent he's going for.

The first Bloc Party album is a good call actually because the 80s Big Music aspect of that record is often overlooked in favour of the post-punk revivalism.

I suspect if this had come out in 2006 it would have elicited a monumental mass eyeroll.

Not sure about the production and mixing on this though, I wish there was a bit more space - what's the point of having massive 80s drums if there's no space for them to echo round?

It's the stupid accent and the WHINE

Like fucking placebo or something

Lyrics are dumb and overwrought btw

Calling this out for being too whiny is like calling Sade out for being too tasteful or something.

this kind of mid-Atlantic meets mid-Thames non-denominational whine/mumble is an improvement on the lumpen fake-localisms of a lot of UK indie from the last 10 years so i think you have to look at as a way for a band to escape that trap rather than be sad cos the guy doesn't have some great soul voice

having said that it wd be weird hearing a band making these kinda musical moves and having a singer with a great soul voice

but you might end up with what Tony Hadley sounds like in his own head and that doesn't seem like a win

i think id connect with the band about 50 percent less if the guy didnt sound like a mash of every whiney 2nd wave emo singer

It's true, though: if Hayley Williams sung these tunes the album would be A+.

god i have tried sooooo hard to get into that paramore album and i don't respond AT ALL to it, there's nothing wrong with how it sounds but i don't hear the hooks or any way in at all

which i think is actually BECAUSE of her voice which is just...there

the 1975 covered a 1D song today on Radio 1

time-honoured indie gimmick :\

My AltPress.com review.

god i have tried sooooo hard to get into that paramore album and i don't respond AT ALL to it, there's nothing wrong with how it sounds but i don't hear the hooks or any way in at all

― lex pretend, Wednesday, September 4, 2013 10:14 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

same

wow i really do not get this album at all. like i don't have the proper context to like it, is it a britpop thing or something?

acts referenced so far itt:

("prime-time") 3rd Eye Blind
James Blake ("expiring")
("next gen") Matchbox Twenty
My Vitriol
Kitchens of Distinction
Poole
Robbie Williams
A Mountain of One ("if they'd gone more pop and less pachouli")
The House of Love
Placebo
Paramore
("a slightly funkier") Blue Nile
("gauzy fake") U2
Glasvegas
Wham!("bience")
Snow Patrol
Wang Chung
Fun Boy Three
General Public
John Mayer
Vampire Weekend
My Chemical Romance
The Streets
Savage Garden
The Outfield
M83
Phoenix ("but without Phoenix's essential shitiness")
Bloc Party ("but all dreamy and inward instead of spiky and panicked")
Hot Hot Heat

― max, Tuesday, September 3, 2013 7:49 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i only like about 2 of these bands so maybe that's the problem

which 2

lol at anyone referencing poole (though "car" is probably the second-best indie rock song called "car" ever)

vampire weekend and wham!, obviously

lol at anyone referencing poole

Fine, be that way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEVXmzHY1lU

that's lovely

way to make a one direction song kinda sound like a stripped down "angel of mine"

studio vibes unreasonably suited toward this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaT1dWMnCCY

i don't really want to hear or think about these guys in the sphere of remix culture at all tbh

otm noodle posts today

i don't really want to hear or think about these guys in the sphere of remix culture at all tbh

their other remixes are hot garbage so you might never have to

Lex not liking this is not shocking. Him not hearing the hooks in the Paramore album is a bit befuddling. It's got hooks for days.

I have tried so many times with that album but to no avail, every time I start wondering when it'll end about halfway through and I can never remember any of it when it ends. It's like if ashlee simpson made a really samey, really long, really one-note and personality-free album

Like I can hear exactly how it should hit the spot for me but the songs are just not there

p tenuous posturing even for u tbh