sadpunk

I like a few shoegaze bands but I struggle to listen to any of their albums all the way through.
It seems like a heavily populated genre now too, especially locally, but it's unfortunate that the quality isn't as abundant. I'm really bored of standing at gigs listening to a delay pedal loop over an inaudible vocal.

So many of these bands seem so focused on the noise and 'soundscaping' that they forget to write a song. All that guitar noise is nice if it's used to enhance a song and not to define it. Otherwise it's just someone showing what they can do with a load of pedals - it's no better than fret-wanking! (At least fret-wanking requires more than setting a few pedals to MAX).

Enough with the negative! When shoegaze is done right, it's ace! We were at the same APTBS and Asobi Seksu gigs and they were both amazing! I also really rate Amusement Parks On Fire (on record, not live).

but it seems to trail off a bit at towards the end.

Jordan and Dom, I think I prefer this line-up.

The last two albums have been painfully mediocre though :(

Except 'Bad Timing', that's one of the best songs they've ever done.

The DiS enemy list is growing!

We Used To Vacation
Hospital Beds
Pregnant
Robbers
and Hang Me Out To Dry is good the first few times you hear it.

The rest of the album just didn't have anything about it, nothing about the other songs stood out or made any impact.

the first album was a massive disappointment.

:)

When did it become the Trent FM arena?! And why didn't you stop it?

xx

So, so much!

Depending on ticket price.

I would also like to apologise in advance to anyone else anywhere near me & him at this gig.

You'd know that if you visited!

Imagine my surprise!
Stupid Elbow.

but I'm always way behind on things, I'll probably have a better answer to this thread in 2011!

they were two of the best bands of a mostly disappointing weekend!

I love this band.

I know I'm in the minority on here, but they really are utterly tosswank! :)

Where's the "I own this" link?

(despite Bad Timing being one of their best ever songs)

Love it.

I was worried about it being shite, but the time it's taken seems to have been very well spent.

I don't know how I'm going to afford it but I'm going to this!

What rodent do you have in your kitchen?

Up until that point it was good... but watching the jamming made me wish I was dead! :)

THATs why some people don't like them! Nothing to do with personal taste or the fact that this band haven't written half a good song :)

but I really dislike the Young Knives and taking unimaginative swipes at easy targets makes them all the more dull.

:)

Or will they make me vomit?

I've never heard a note by them but I dislike them for their irritating name and that picture.
I know this isn't right or fair but I don't think I want to hear any music made by that dress-wearing 'wacky' twuntjumper!

that's exactly what Arcade Fire did.

and THEY HAVEN'T BOYCOTTED NOTTINGHAM! They said they wouldn't play Nottingham again if anything else was thrown, which it wasn't.

Certainly not a shoe, I was quite close to the front but couldn't see perfectly thanks to the huge guy stood directly in front of me!

I'd wait till you can spell before cracking jokes though! :D

:D