Bands drinking in the last chance saloon
Fame, fame, fickle fame or is it a case of a couple of good music ideas followed by.....nothing?
There comes a time in a band's career where they have one last chance to produce a decent record or face being dropped from the label / ignored by the general public / forever classed as having potential but ultimately being shit. Let's call it the make or break album. You can ride a wave of popularity and hype or a few decent early tunes for so long but at a certain point you have to deliver more.
I'll start us off with some obvious ones:
Klaxons - really need to pull something out the bag on the next one, people are losing interest by the second;
Glasvegas - it was looking so good for them after album one. Album two - what the hell was that?
Tyler, the Creator - woah, way to deflate the hype!
Who else is facing the one last chance record?
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I think Glasvegas have already got their coats and gone home.
I don't think Glasvegas were ever actually given any attention by the wider public.
Number two album, fields shouting back Daddy's Gone...
Nah, they had a rabid following.
Maybe not the wider public but I saw them at a festival not long after the first album and they had an unbelievably vocal, obsessive lot of fans. They were going mental with the football chant-like lyrics before and after the set. Where were that lot when the second album came out?
Glasvegas got a massive amount of attention/exposure/marketing for record one
and pretty much none for two
yeah exactly
curse of being signed to a major
I think that weird/overblown/shite christmas record they put out burned a few fan bridges
Maximo Park
especially as they've just (as in Friday) revealed they've left Warp Records.
Not sure why they were ever signed to Warp in the first place
Battles, Broadcast and Grizzly Bear at least have/had something 'other' about them. Maximo Park are pretty meat and potatos.
it always felt like an odd decision, yes.
Maybe Warp wanted to ride the 'indie crest' at the time, and MP were the best of the bunch.
their first album had jittery bits and one or two time signature changes
Warp probably thought they'd go all autechre by album 5.
plus their first album in particular is great.
the last one sucked tonnes of balls though
bar a song or two
absolutely this
Really enjoyed the last album...
...took a while to get into though. Appently they have new stuff coming soon.
They have a new album coming shortly
TV On The Radio
maybe not in the next record, but if the next two are like the recent output,
they really should stop now.
Come off it
One album with lukewarm reception hardly shifts them into last chance saloon considering the acclaim the previous records got.
I still really quite like Nine Types of Light
soulful TVOTR is as good as angry TVOTR.
All they have to do is release another excellent record and they'll be back.
Definitely Klaxons, maybe even Foals with their next one?
Interpol should by rights be heading this way, but their general popularity seems to increase as their music gets weaker
Actually, there's loads of bands who seem to have fizzled out but are gamely plodding on
Foals? really? seemed still pretty popular
No way Foals
You should've seen the crowd they pulled at Latitude, people went nuts for them.
Foals?? nah
just played their biggest ever headline show at Xmas in Manchester (2,000 people), nominated for the Mercury with the last album, even won NME track of the year for Spanish Sahara.
kids go nuts too at clubs for their stuff too. guaranteed floor-fillers.
Dingus Khan
Kaiser Chiefs
They're well past the last chance saloon, surely?
Still have a load of residual part-time-music-liking 'sleeping' fans
This is the band where I'd put most of my money on a Lazarus style comeback. They just need another Ruby-like single, the radio would get behind them and then suddenly thousands of people who had a great time at a Kaiser gig 5 years ago would declare their undying love for them all over again.
for me, the strange thing with the kaiser chiefs is,
I couldn't stick 'em during their first album era, and then by the ruby era stuff i was merely 'meh, ok, i guess'. haven't heard any of the newer stuff to know if that's a continuing trend to the point of 'aye, they're not bad'. if it is, i'm probably odds-on to be an actual fan by the next album.
all that aside, yeah, they're still a pretty marketable proposition, i'd have thought.
The newer stuff is solid if unspectacular...
The future is Medieval had its momeents but I think they do need another big hit to kick-start things.
the big pink
I liked the first album quite a lot
I heard they ditched the heavy guitars for the second, though. Not got round to listening yet. Not worth bothering, I take it?
Didn't even make the top 75
and this in the week Tribes made the top 40, and its singles didn't want for radio attention, so that's a hell of a second album fall off a cliff.
they do pretty well in America
The Ting Tings
they should make a come back as The Ting Tongs
British Sea Power
Peaked with first album.
a load of balls. imho. They get better and better with everything they
release.
you keep telling yourself that
patronising bellend
also known as a lighthearted joke
bellend
Yeah leave him alone
his opinion was Honest, don't forget (bellend)
bellend
classic ricky
sorry, don't know who you are.
bellend.
you're such a nice chap
I don't know how you get into so many disagreements!
you see, this is exactly the reason why you can never tell
if someone is joking or not on here.. I am kidding in this post. Carrying on the bellend joke. You'll have to take my word for that though.
you're still a bellend though
exactly
They're well gone for me
The second album was disappointing and the third was worse. I wouldn't mind so much if they didn't expend so much effort trying to pretentiously dress up some very pedestrian indie.
The second has its moments
Their third is fucking awful
second is decent, third is great, fourth is superb.
I'm not including Man or Aran in this list. Which is also great. I can understand people who loved the first album being disappointed in the direction they've taken, fair point. But for Royter to describe them as pedestrian indie is utterly laughable.
I don't think so
I agree with him.
Waving Flags could have been written by U2
If you mean pre-2000 U2
That's not an insult
I did not
Well it's nothing like post-2000 U2
plodding, by numbers of their previous work, terrible rhyming couplets
But why single out U2?
It sounds nothing like U2! Bloody Pitchfork review *grumbles* *thinly veiled I liked Do You Like Rock Music post*
I think it does
There's something about it, that just hit a nerve and was like *hmmmmm*
When I read the Pitchfork review I thought *Oh good, I'm not going mad*
thats a lazy comparision that has been made many times before,
because its a bit anthemic.
so because you don't like my interpretation, it's lazy
now who's the patronising bellend?
not patronising, I've read that comparison time and time again,
therefore I am assuming you've read it somewhere and are using it again, so yeah, lazy.
Great assumption
I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE SO YOU CAN NOT HAVE A UNIQUE OPINION
or
Lot's of people think the same thing, because it does to them
you're like a dog with a bone sometimes aren't you.
I accept defeat. you are right, I'm completely wrong. and I'm an utter bellend. There you go. we can move on to something else now.
I haven't really listened to any of their studio albums since Open Season
but Man of Aran is superb, aye.
second is their best, for my money.
Very little they could have improved. I don't really like them all that much, but that's one of my favourite records. I'm not sure why, there's an otherworldy stateliness about it I think.
what the hell, Rock Music is amazing
cannot understand why so many people are so down on it
They're not really
Third and fourth albums were patchy (still with some great stuff on them) and Man of Aran is excellent.
They've carved a fairly niche little spot for themselves with a dedicated fan base so they can kind of do what they like with little pressure, playing water towers or whatever. Or just putting on a run of club nights in Brighton at the moment (releasing an EP for each night). Seems like a nice position to be in.
Delays
Just British guitar bands, then.
Pearl Jam
I don't really mind them as such, but their dignity should see them pack it in any time now.
nah
they make average to good music without embarassing themselves, are still a major live draw, I think they're doing alright, just on a comfortable 'elder statesmen' plateau.
Also, The Chemical Brothers
Their sound is so incredibly dated they make Howard Jones records sound contemporary
Last studio album got reviewed decently
probably shifted them back into safe territory
They did a Soundtrack album
I know it shouldn't, but when a band does something outside of the typical album / single cycle, I lose interest a bit. Hard to describe, but how many fans did Badly Drawn Boy lose by following up by doing the About a Boy soundtrack instead of a 'proper' album. Likewise, I found myself losing interest in Ryan Adams (and I was an ardent Whiskeytown / solo stuff fan) when he released 'Demolition' or Doves when they stuck out 'Lost Sides'. Likwise how many bands have released their finest material AFTER a 'Greatist Hits' or 'The Singles' compilation?
Badly Drawn Boy was coming off his debut though
and to be honest his decline is less to do with doing a soundtrack and more to do with all his albums after his debut being nowhere near as good.
My point was Further got decent press (as has that recent film of their concert or something) so they haven't been totally written off yet.
Jesus Christ John!
There's at least 6 conversations / debates in there amongst that rant!
Sly & The Family Stone
The last proper chemical Brothers album was best album they have released since Surrender
Badly Drawn Boy best album is the About a Boy Soundtrack
to link this thread
Tom Rowlands is producing the new Klaxons lp!
Don't agree with you...
With the Chemical Brothers, it's weird: their best and most famous songs DO sound dated, and those are the songs that we mostly associate them with...but their last few studio albums (Push The Button, We Are The Night, Further) sound as 'now' as any new Daft Punk, LCD SOund System or Justice I think...and they're all good.
Dunno if these albums were big sellers or not but the Chemicak Brothers seem to be doing OK and are not by any means in the same bag as Klaxons, Razorlight and other "last chance saloon" acts...
Chems are bigger than ever right now
Chems are here for a while yet. Things were looking scary. They'd started releasing dud albums but always had excellent singles.But We Are the Night didn't have a big hit, and wasn't much cop. Between Further's acclaim, and big festival headlines last summer they're currently popular and relevant. Further is a very good set of songs. As opposed to Orbital. They've earned a lot of loyalty but their new album has to impress or their live shows will start to dwindle.
And Beck, as a solo artist
Although he seems to be looking to ride a second wind as a producer
Na, I'm not having that.
Beck is incredibly consistent and it's hardly like he's been churning out shit in a vain attempt to find his form; his most recent album was 2008, and personally I thought it was great.
^ Modern Guilt was great, if a little low-key by his standards
he obviously struggled with inspiration for a follow-up so has taken a back seat. actually a really good decision, especially given his commercial peak was over ten years ago.
Yup...
I've said on here before that I reckon Charlotte Gainsbourg's IRM is the best thing Beck's done since Midnite Vultures.
Concentrating on producing other people feels like a solid move to me.
Nah
Bon Jovi
MGMT maybe...
I mean I know they're still riding the wave of their first album (kids and electric feel in particular) but their follow up bombed
Yeah
though it was kind of a deliberate bomb, they went out of their way to distance themselves from Kids and Time to Pretend.
I quite liked the follow up
I don't dislike it
but it bombed, I'm sure a similar result next time round COULD see them being dropped from their label
So did I
and despite lukewarm reception it did get in end of year lists in a fair few British magazines etc. If the next one gets panned they'd probably be in trouble though.
Congratulations
Is a far better record in every regard than its predecessor
I totally agree.
I think they tried to make the debut a pop album, but didn't really know how to do it. With 'Congratulations', they let their idiosyncrasies come to the fore and really embraced and enjoyed them. They sound like they're enjoying making music, whereas 'Oracular Spectacular' has always felt a bit arch and overplanned to me.
it's a bit too sophisticated
for my liking
I see how this is going to be
ha sorry
I'm just messing with you buddy
MGMT's follow up was a hundred times better than the debut
it's a fantastic album
This is true
But, it doesn't exactly appeal the Skins crowd does it? I think the original poster was right - they will be dropped sooner or later if they don't come back with another kids / time to pretend.
Record labels are dicks!
They're not interested in doing that though
I guess it's a bit different when an act makes an album with a deliberate view to being uncommercial.
Razorlight
and maybe The Cribs.
Razorlight...
...finished their "one-for-the-road" and jumped in a taxi from the aforementioned saloon a long time ago. Sleeping it all off now.
I can't remember a band fall from such prominence to such anonymity so quickly. I mean, they were headlining major festivals and arenas as late as 2009. I know the third record was utter shite but then again, so was the second. No real love for them (though I actually don't mind the first record), but I'm astounded at how quickly they fell from grace.
I really liked the first album
the second was meh.
the third was complete shit
It's one year ago since 'that' new Razorlight band photo -
you know, the one with the twat in the hat and the bloke with the unbelievable mekon forehead. http://www.artrocker.tv/news/article/razorlight-announced-for-get-loaded-in-the-park
Yet they are only just going into the studio next month with a release aimed for October. That's a crazy length of time between announcing they're back and getting round to making a record. I guess they've got no time pressures, it's not like anyone is actually waiting for it but what the hell does Johnny Borrell do with his days?
Those full-length mirrors don't buy themselves
Second Album
I was a big fan of the first album. I remember seeing a billboard advert for the second with a quote from Q Magazine saying "This is the best guitar album since Definitely Maybe". Listening to the 2nd album was possibly the biggest anti-climax of all time.
LOL at The Cribs suggestion
Radiohead
after releasing an album of 8 shit songs an then releasing 2 singles of new songs that didn't even put on the album, i'd be surprised if anyone, even their biggest fan has any faith in anything they ever release ever again.
And then you woke up
^this
they need to learn from their successors like Coldplay, get a Rihanna or Jay-Z guest appearance and dress up more often.
Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party
If their next albums don't repair the damage their last albums did, it's game over, man.
Franz are a weird one
are they still a big band or not? Primavera put quite a lot of fanfare into their announcement this year, but it got a very muted response. I have a feeling they are going to put them on a huge stage and no-one will show up
They're in an interesting position
where they feel like a significant presence, more so than a lot of others that came up around the same time, maybe because they clearly had a lot of ideas about regeneration of influences and presentation, but you'd be hard pushed to remember much they've done of note in any sphere since You Could Have It So Much Better...
(I know they've only had one album out since then, but it seems like they've kind of done a lot without ultimately adding anything, with the gallery projects and Alex's cultural commentator cachet and eating book. Does that make sense?)
yeah
On a totally unrelated note, I really liked Alex Kapranos's eating book.
yep
I think they got a muted response because they're not really a Primavera band.
I'm fairly sure that once people are there and have had a few drinks, they'll get a good crowd. Superb live band.
Would certainly agree with the point about the perception of their size. They're certainly not top-drawer any more. I still hope that they'll pull it around somehow. Despite all the hate they get, I still rate their first record as one of the best guitar debuts of the past 10 years.
this^
I posted a really long reply but it vanished. Basically it said this.
The third album's really good too
And nicely shows that they won't just repeat the tricks of the first album and trying to make lightning strike twice. Would be great to hear where they're going next.
I agree - really good record
I think they're still bubbling along nicely, but like a lot of bands from that era, the initial fanfare has worn off and they find themselves a bit lost now, maybe.
I'm not quite sure why people said that at the announcement
They've played before. Their history is arguable more diy/indie than most bands on the bill - Yummy Fur+Guided Missile bands, on Domino, Alex putting on pre-fame gigs by B&S and the rest of the Glasgow music mafia....Are they any less "Primavera" than Primavera bands such as Elbow, Florence & The Machine, Neil Young, New Order, Human League, Napalm Death, Odd Future, Billy Bragg, Bloc Party, The Jayhawks etc?
Definitely took too long on that last (pretty decent) album which ended up lacking direction. But still a great live band. Despite the naysayers at ATP the Centre Stage was the busiest I've ever seen.
They've still got something.
I was 11 when the debut came out. They were the first band I heard who really made me feel *cool* and who had a sound and an image, the first band you wanted to BE. They'll always mean something to me just for that, but musically they're pretty strong too.
I'd certainly agree with that. And no, they're probably no different to them (though if Florence headlined now there would be riots!!)
I suppose what I meant by them not being a Primavera band is that they sort-of flew through from underground indie cool-kids to headliner material in only a couple of years. That is bound to elicit a backlash from anyone who loves the underground, which essentially much of Primavera caters to. But you're right - Primavera have always had "big bands" to offset the more leftfield stuff. And I think Franz Ferdinand are certainly one of the more interesting and exciting bands of their size. Essentially, they had a backlash around the time of their second record and they've been struggling to recapture any notion of being "cool" since then. Which in my opinion is bollocks as they got where they were by actually having some great, great songs. They may have had nice hair and snappy clothes...but they also had great songs. Remember hearing 'Take Me Out' played at Stonelove in Newcastle back end of 2003. The whole place went fucking mad. Never seen that happen before or since to a single song.
The Enemy
the enemy are a weird one
obviously an awful band, but the last album was really hyped and got to number 2 in the charts, and I remember reading that the lead singer had bought a farm with the money he earned from it, so it came as somewhat of a shock to find out they'd been dropped by Warners and are releasing their new album on Cooking Vinyl!
I mean, WHY would a major label drop a literally chart topping band? I don't get it.
Using his own logic the new album will be about farms, then
we'll live and die
on these farms
Surprised he didn't use the money to buy a castle in London
#oldschoolDiSjokes
Whilst I absolutely detest the music they've made
I always liked the Enemy for their honesty. Seem to remember seeing an interview with them and the said they were just enjoying massive sell out shows and getting to support Oasis in stadiums because they knew it was only a matter of time before it was over.
Almost like they were saving all their money and memories for the inevitable rainy day that was just around the corner.
Fair play to them. Hope for their sake they can still tour and maintain a nostalgia fanbase like Feeder or Ash.
should have said Humility instead of honesty, probably.
Know what I mean?
humility?
really?
I'm sure I read somewhere that that little weed of a singer had a big argument with Liam Gallagher because he felt that they should be the main support instead of Kasabian
I don't think it's really fair to compare the Enemy to Feeder and Ash
The Enemy had half a good album, Feeder and Ash both have two or three
word on the street in cov is that
tom clarke has gone to america to work with the bronx. this is not a joke.
erm, proleartthreat?!
It's not THE prole, sadly
http://drownedinsound.com/users/prole-art-threat
Keane
I think they're clever enough
to know they just need another big Radio 2-fodder ballad to pull it all back after the last album.
they're releasing one this year. lets see if you're right!
Mystery Jets
i can barely recall being let down so badly by a third album. they had everything going for them it seemed. God knows what they were thinking, they now sound like Gerry And The Pacemakers.
I loved the last Mystery Jets album
but I can see how it would have alienated fans of everything up to that point. The band absolutely hate it as well.
You'll be pleased that the new album is meant to sound completely different - more like Neil Young apparently! Expected in April. I've no idea whether they have a fan base left to buy it and keep them going, lead singles and promotionals will probably have a say in the matter.
DO they?!
oh yeah i'm really pleased that they hate it. somewhere along the line they got a bigtime older producer in instead of a youngster who's sympathetic or whatever.
i'm glad that someone likes it though El Goodo! it'd be a crap world if we were all the same etc
It was a great pop record, so many sing-a-long tunes
I'm generally not a fan of the eighties revival stuff going on but they did it well on that record. Flash a Hungry Smile!
Be careful what you wish for though, this new record sounds like a dramatic change of sound. New producer is Dan Carey who has done Hot Chip and MIA so not sure how that fits in with anything.
Well the second was hardly a carbon copy of the first
I this'd because I also like the album
but really don't get how fans of the 2nd dislike it (tbf didn't really think they did)...Serotonin is a pretty natural progression and I think those disappointed were deluded about what Mystery Jets are as a band (a good pop band).
Neil Young? No thankyou
début was great, the rest was massively dull
début was great, the rest was massively dull
that's lovely.
also, the accented 'e': explain.
Hootie and the Blowfish
brmc?
although tbf they seem content with their indie status atm.
They're well done for. Have been since Baby 81 (?) flopped.
true that.
i would add the strokes to the list also.
na, Angles was their second strongest album for me.
I still think they'll split soon, though.
what is brmc?
oh.
Yeah. They're pretty dull.
I loved their first few albums so much
I saw them in concert so many times but the last time I saw them (I think it was in 2008) was just awful. This band totally lost their magic. :(
i love the first one and howl
howl is a great record, methinks.
Their last album was great.
There is plenty life in them yet.
They are a quality band. Ok with ups and downs but still ...
yeah.
just looking at their reviews on here, they're averaging a solid 7/10 with each release. that feels right.
the first album is cool. howl is awesome. baby 81 had some good songs and the new one, while being more of the same, is a good no frills rock and roll record. i think they'd be best served remaining an underground/indie sort of quantity. wide recognition doesn't seem to suit them.
pitchfork fucking /hate/ them though. could be a big stumbling block in maintaining momentum and attracting more fans, not just those of us who were 13/14 when they and the strokes were ripping it up.
agreed
If they wanted to re capture the 'momentum', they need to go back to the sound from the first album, well something in that vein.
I don't think they care though. They're no fame chasers.
The Drums?
no-one really gave two shits about their second despite it being less than a year in between the two.
I don't think anyone gave two shits about their debut either!
(except for a couple of 16 year old girls on tumblr)
so that's who KiK is really!
It all makes so much sense now.
I thought they were ok
never got the second album though
The Gossip - new album in May
Produced by Mark Ronson. I don't recall listening to the last one, maybe the new one might have another 'Standing in the Way of Control' single to resurrect interest? If not, ta-ra Beth Ditto, nice knowing you.
Doesn't matter, really
The Gossip's mainstream status is based entirely on SITWOC and Ditto's presence. She's put out a solo record that sold fuck all and still the style mags and showbiz sections give her all the space she wants. This is genuinely how Music For Men (which charted at 18) was advertised on TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdFiFGh2uDI
They'll be fine
they're massive in mainland Europe now.
BRING ON THE TRUMPETS
Mercury Rev
Deserters Songs was pretty life changing for me, and I All Is Dream was great too. After that I went and bought all their noisy back catalogue LP's, which I now love even more. But The Secret Migration and Snowflake Midnight were actually cringe making to me.
I think their ship has long sailed to be honest
First five albums are still great though yeah.
ATP obviously keeps alot of these great 90's alternative acts going
even if they don't ever do an album as good as Deserters Songs, people will always pay good money to see them. I know I would...
The Strokes
Worse with every album, though Under the Cover of Darkness was a good single
Angles
was quite good
babyshambles
dandy warhols
Even NME don't talk about Babyshambles any more.
Doherty still seems to gather a big crowd when he plays, which is somewhat remarkable seeing as how tarnished any "legacy" that The Libertines ever had is. I'm not sure what it is he offers anymore, apart from being some sort of T-Shirt Counterculture Icon. And that comes from a former huge Libertines fan. I just don't get what that band, or any act associated with them mean in 2012. I used to love them, now can't even listen to them...
I read an article on how many indie bands start to fail after their debut
People like the Kaiser Chiefs, the Klaxons for example. Huge selling singles and debut album - then the next one sells absolutely fuck all in comparison.
You might be thinking of the article discussed in this thread
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4308248
The Twang!
Can't believe they have actually made it to a 3rd album!
They have?!
Amazing!!
I wanted to say The Kooks
but they are playing quite high up the bill in some US festivals.
again, whaaat?!
I thought that there would be no way on earth they'd be allowed to make a fourth album, but maybe they'll be sticking around for longer.
thing is bands profiles can drop massively
and yet loads of people will carry on going to see them for years after, think because magazines/websites are always so focused on the new it distorts perceptions and makes it seem like bands have faded into obscurity when they still have reasonable followings
I know this already happened to them on album #2
But Good Shoes. Always loved them. Guess they're over now?
Their debut has been re-released
MOOOOOODERN
Most bands here are mid nineties UK indie
so I'll change it up with The Decemberists. Have either upset fans with their last album or The Hazards of Love...for me The King is Dead was an improvement...but they give no indication of returning to glory days.
The King Is Dead went to no.1 on the US Billboard Charts
bzzzzzztttt WRONG
Er...
As mentioned, The King is Dead got No. 1 in the US and plenty of good reviews and end of 2011 list placings (plus The Hazards of Love is great, damn you all). And again, one album not as well received as its predecessors does not always equal band is almost finished.
I thought The Hazards of Love was great!
Yeah alright, the facts are against me
TKID just had such and end-of-career feel to me, like all their ambition had dried up. Some people like THOL, but its fair to say reception was mixed.
TKID + THOL = TKOL
It's a Radiohead conspiracy!
so effectively with regards to Maxïmo, Futureheads, Kaisers et al
we're looking at the middle-to-heavyweights of the mid-00s indie explosion basically. and yeah, most of them are on the decline at the very least, if not slipping fast into obscurity. But without wanting to blindly defend them there are a handful of things to consider:
1) It's been 7 or 8 years since some of these bands broke. 11 in the case of The Strokes. Bear in mind The Beatles in its proper incarnation only managed 8 years of success. The cycles of touring and albums have obviously shifted from an album a year or thereabouts to one every 2/3 years (with the exception of Arctic Monkeys, whose relatively prolific output has probably helped them buck the trend) but still, 8 years in the sun isn't something to be sniffed at.
2) Festivals will still book these acts for the 4th-from-headliner kinda slots for a while longer. Why? There's been no large amount of acts who have followed up success in a similar way. Two Door Cinema Club, Mumford & Sons, Vampire Weekend, um, The Vaccines perhaps. But there's not a massive glut of acts ready to step up into bigger slots like we had in 2006ish. So Editors will still likely be playing big slots for a few years more.
3) As someone mentioned above, there is a big focus on the 'new' and 'exciting' in the press / music world but fanbases remain and even though almost all the acts mentioned in this thread will not be able to reverse a decline in fortunes, it's not absolute end game just yet. They will still play to good crowds on tour and get top 20 albums.
but yeah, on balance, it's a slippery slope for most of them
The Futureheads
are releasing an A Capella album in April. This will either be quite good & maybe buy them some more time & maybe a new audience too or it'll completely bomb & they'll struggle to sell many more records in the future. Either way I think you're right in that there's a decent following at festivals for mid-00s indie bands even if people aren't buying their new material.
I'd expect the latter
Sweet Gorilla?
NO ONE's got legs anymore
that's why people still talk about 60's bands. everything's available immediately, everywhere, to everyone. hear it, download it, listen to it once, move on. an argument that's been done ad mauseum.
Ugh, are you serious?
Seeing their posts in the Chris Brown thread
Probably
haha