Another Sheffield success: Milburn fly high in midweeks
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Regularly compared to the Arctic Monkeys they may be, but that's no recipe for guaranteed success. Milburn, though, are making tracks all the same, climbing to number thirteen in the midweek singles shart with their 'Send In The Boys' single (their first release for Mercury Records).
The Sheffield four-piece play the Bush Hall in London tomorrow, and the gig's long sold-out. Following their current single, the band will release ‘What You Could’ve Won’ on July 10th, with their debut album following soon after on July 24th.
Look out for a forthcoming DiS interview with the band, as well as a competition to win sought-after promo copies of the band's early singles.
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feel really shameful if my success was built on the back of someone so closely connected to me. They're like the slower, not as witty Arctic Monkeys.
they are actually a clone
of the Arctic Monkeys, and not as good.
...
`good on em like, but really how many records must you need to sell to chart these days.
they are
muy bueno.
erm was tis a case of A&R signing what they could
which might resemble something currently successful - can't these people ever learn from the past? Oh well. Its quite funny actually
I hear Tom Watkins has already bought 1000 copies
For his family and friends, like.
Milburn
are better than the Arctic Monkeys. Both the Arctic Monkeys and Milburn are, however, clones of 1984. I'm still dumbfounded as to why there hasn't yet been widescale uproar about this.
seriously?
milburn are terrible.
Arctic Monkeys might not be the most exciting band in the world but at least they have a few decent songs, I reckon.
Milburn just sounds like the arctic monkeys reserve team, they have nothing memorable about them.
hence
why they're not doing as well in the charts.
I need the money...
"Look out for a forthcoming DiS interview with the band, as well as a competition to win sought-after promo copies of the band's early singles"
I have one of these.
Time to hit ebay I think...
Bromheads Jacket
are the better Sheffield band.
they might be successful
but they're still utter cack. :-/ I fear for music.
Another boring libertines soundalike
Another boring libertines soundalike. Long Blondes and thee SPC bands (http://www.theespc.com/) are the (or thee) interesting music coming out of Shef'.
Bromhead's Jacket are annoying.
the thee spc
side of sheffield is far better than this crap. FACT.
Milburn are better
Milburn are by far the better band. Better songs, better singer, better live. anyone who disagrees is lazy prob the kind of person who claims they're an Arctic MOnkeys tribute band, Milburn were around before AM. IT is the time of MILBURN!
They started at the same time!
I said this when the Arctic Monkey's got signed-how much it sucked for Milburn cos they were bound to get signed eventually but because the AM's were signed a little before they'd be accused of copying. I personally prefer Milburn and glad I got to seem them in a tiny pub in Shef now!
And yes, the Long Blondes rule.
Just you wait
for Champion Kickboxer's album on Thee SPC. It's incredible. Seriously.
.
sheffield is ok, getting too much press really
bromheads are pretty good so far - they could probably become very annoying
ape drape escape are the best of the lot, and are the ones to have recieved the last press
chuck are probably the best band on thee spc
Did someone say my name?
We all new Milburn, Harrisons, etc would get picked up on the back of AMs. Big deal. I couldn't give a flying toss how many records a band sells what's more importing is if i like the band. On this basic i'd rate Milburn as being, y'now, alright. Good fun to dance to, not gonna change your life, tho. There's a lot worse out there, such as all the dreadful bands that copy the even more dreadful Muse and all them godawful joydivison clones. Lets face it Mecury are prob gonna dick milburn about & dump them after an album. So give them a break.
Anyway everyone knows this "Sheffscene" is ultimately defined by The Mardy Bums: www.myspace.com/themardybums.
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