fierce_kitten

plleeeeeeeease? iwouldreallyreallylovetowinthis!

its not on the album. which i've been lucky enough to hear, and it's amazing! very different to through the windowpane, it's going to confound a lot of expectations - in a WOW kind of way!

to persuade the DiS label to put it out

you *might* happen to find some kind of pre-sale tickets

that said Dave Grohl would be filling in on drums. is there any band that man doesn't play for??

but then they're a very diverse band. i think it looks fantastic.

but they're on 14th Floor, which is part of the Warners group.

Lokii and Phoenix Down did play - that was the URN tent that Martin Grech headlined. i remember because i booked them all!

but can't you think of anything more original that an 'ooh, gay sex!' quip?

sometimes bands prefer not to be chart eligible as it's better to be uneligible than to get a low chart position. Not saying that Beck would have got a low position, but if the label or someone doesn't think it's been promoted enough then using stickers to avoid a potentially disappointing chart position is a well known tactic.

The singer is english, the drummer is scottish and the bassist is half english, half canadian (and a british citizen) but yes the guitarist is brazilian.

i think it's amazing. it is very full-on and extravagant in places, but also has some really tender moments, and flows beautifully between the two. definitely an album to be listened to as a whole work rather than a handful of tracks.

knows that Fyfe isn't just a 'skinny white boy that can't sing that well'. He is an astounding vocalist; passionate and powerful yet wonderfully agile.

basically, robertsjames i couldn't disagree with you more!
you sound like someone that wants to dislike them because they've had so much positive hype. Well they're not unknown but it is their first proper release,

And of course the single version has to sound a bit more polished and radio friendly, thats hardly unusual. Maybe they've got so much 'gravy' cause they're actually really good!

surely they're fake if they're signed to a major?!?! actually it's a joint release by fantastic plastic and polydor.

and who care's anyway? they make intelligent, original and heart-felt music, and should be given a medal for trying to rescue the pop genre from its current sanitised and homogenised state.

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are much better. still characteristic, but warmer and more developed. and don't worry, there's still plenty of noisy instrumental parts, they've just got some kind of more structered songs in there too. it's ace.

Having brought up in the musical black hole that is Leighton Buzzard, and having been back there just before Xmas to see the folks, I can't believe that I missed the first half decent band to play there in my entire lifetime! grr!

they have been playing it. in fact, it's first ever play was on jo whiley's show. Its just not on the playlist - i.e. its down to the discretion of the individual DJ as to whether they decide to play it or not.