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These New Puritans

<3333333, Just thought i would start a thread on em cause they are so great :)



  • ^

    they are indeed

  • roll up, roll up, roll up, roll up

    4 of yr. pounds, cha cha cha cha

    • fantastic band

      love love love

      • they're playing in l.a.

        so excited. last time they played here, i had to see the pigeon detectives instead of them. horrible horrible choice.

  • I really don't get

    The whole These New Puritans thing.

    I should probably try harder...

    • Don't try harder

      You're right to begin with, they are not good.

      • Vindicated

        Yay!

      • Yes. I don't like them either.

        • ...just thought I'd say it.

          • you're not alone

            i think they are diablolical, I have tried listening to them about half a dozen times and I have come to the conclusion its a load of tuneless shouty old nonsense...

  • i've said it before and i'll say it again...

    I was at their first ever gig!

    they are awesone, so glad they are doing well.

    mercury prize next year?

    • they would be worthy

      and it would be ncie to show there is more to essex than horrors(who are rather wonderful too)

  • great on record

    spectacularly average live.

    • hmm

      I second the second sentiment. I've never bothered to listen to them on record after seeing them live. So dull, so up Go4's arse. q

  • weirdly

    I really enjoyed the album at the beginning of the year... but each time I listen to it, i'm less and less bothered. It sort of had a big first impact, but doesn't seem to bear up under repeated listening.

    I'll give it a rest for few months and see how I feel about it later. But right now, i'm just sort of 'meh' about it really.

    • ^

      This is why I haven't been fussed about them. For whatever reason, I assumed they are a hype/buzz band that would have an initial impact before revealing a lack of substance.

      I haven't heard the whole album so maybe that's not fair. I keep meaning to go and listen to it seriously and try and get what everyone else seems to be getting from it.

      • now

        were being watched by experts, and what will happen next, we are the clues

        love it

  • I think the singer has a really irritating voice

    and their lyrics just come across as pretentious and silly.

    I can't imagine listening to their album all the way through more than once.

    • Swords Of Truth

      sounds like a mighty boosh song.

      I can see the making a really good album though.

      • *them

        ------------------------------------------

  • A compatriot of mine

    described them as 'awful'. I have nothing more to add.

    • Retract that closing sentence.

      I can waste my time listening to far better indie schmindie than this rubbish.

  • The album makes good driving music.

    You look like an idiot singing along and doing the drumming with your hands on the steering wheel, but this is part of the fun.

  • They're shit too

    Everyone's shit. Music is shit.

  • two good tracks. lots of shite. 6/10