Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

Crackout

Out Of Our Minds

Label: Hut Recordings Release Date: 28/07/2003

4515
afuture1 by Andrew Future July 21st, 2003

It may not have truly kicked off for Crackout the first time round, but in true English spirit they’ve got their heads down, had a few cups of tea and packed in their angsty emo-rock gusto for something a lot closer to home. The Oxford threepiece are an archetypal British band, and if the suited drummer and wry wit aren’t conclusive proof, then ‘Out Of Our Minds’ certainly is.

Recalling The Cure and Sleeper, Steve Eagles’ spiral-swing new-age indie tale of night-time drunkfoolery recalls the kind of amiable jangliness that neighbours Supergrass too conjured up back in 1995. They don’t waste time with emotional engagement, although Steve’s sob-dripped vocals do gift the song considerable personality. That said, their comeback song is loose, urgent and infinitely uplifting. Summer 2003’s finally got a wake-up-and-down-another-vodka-Red-Bull anthem, now go get out of your minds.

  • 8
    Andrew Future's Score
Log-in to rate this record out of 10
Share on
   
Love DiS? Become a Patron of the site here »


LATEST


  • Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2025


  • Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024


  • Drowned in Sound is back!


  • Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Year: 2020


  • Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter


  • Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing



Left-arrow

5 Knuckle, Redlightsflash at Academy 2, Birmingham, West Midlands, Mon 14 Jul

Mobback

The Vines at Camden Electric Ballroom, Camden, Thu 19 Feb

Mobforward
Right-arrow


LATEST

    news


    Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2025

  • 106149
  • news


    Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024

  • 106145

    news


    Drowned in Sound is back!

  • 106143
  • news


    Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Y...

  • 106141

    news


    Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter

  • 106139
  • Playlist


    Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing

  • 106138

    Festival Preview


    Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alterna...

  • 106137
  • Interview


    A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash

  • 106136
MORE


    Interview


    Person of the Year 2014: Meredith Graves - Inte...

  • 98657
  • Mixtape


    Mixtape #18: No Age

  • 41134

    Label focus


    Label Focus #1: Drowned in Sound Recordings

  • 21534
  • feature


    DiS meets Gang Gang Dance

  • 26689

    feature


    Cursive - Six Recorded Highlights

  • 45147
  • feature


    Another band dies at the discotheque: DiS remem...

  • 20732

    Festival Review


    An alternative music festival or a clap-a-long-...

  • 92375
  • feature


    DiS meets Deftones

  • 17401
MORE

Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2025 DROWNED IN SOUND