Thunderbirds are now! - any thoughts?

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Eh. Haven't seen 'em in a while, so maybe they're better now. Got blown off the stage by Les Savvy Favs, were dicks at the Elbow Room, their albums never really excited me (they're kinda like a less manic Need New Body) and I kinda thought they sounded like a million other bands to the extent that I'd rather just listen to those other bands.

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 22:07 (eighteen years ago) link

(they're kinda like a less manic Need New Body)

are you on crack? NNB & TAN! sound nothing alike.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link

i've seen them twice this year, and they have been the best band i have seen besides the hold steady. just very fun.

the title does suck though.

― jonathan - stl (jonathan - stl), Thursday, 8 December 2005 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I got the vinyl, it came with a fake mustache.

― pinder (pinder), Thursday, 8 December 2005 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link

Wasn't takened with them when I saw them opening for someone last year in Detroit. Seemed a bit forced, but I did apreciate the effort. The songs weren't that memerable.

― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 8 December 2005 02:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah I could kind of do without everybody on French Kick really, but Thunderbirds seem to have a kind of emo bend to the new wavey Six Fingers kind of thing that makes them all the shittier.

― fljfj, Thursday, 8 December 2005 06:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Yikes, dude! Justamustache has got to be one of my favorite repositiories of simply sweet, sweet, skronky, catchy as hell, post-punky, whatever guitar hooks. Actually, I think on the pure hookiness angle Ryan Allen edges out Seth Jabour (who he obviously cops from, but I mean the whole band's existence takes cues from the Fav. Which is fine!)

Listening to the record would help with appreciation of the live show, which is a sweaty, urgent, fantastic mess,

― Yoshinorimike (Yoshinorimike), Thursday, 8 December 2005 09:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Thanks Thunderbirds are Now! street team member!

― ICe are?1, Thursday, 8 December 2005 10:07 (eighteen years ago) link

I saw them a week ago, they are a huge pile of fun albeit one-dimensional to the max

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:55 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not a street teamer btw, I write for a monthly mag in Northern Ireland. I just wanted to see what ILMers thought of the album and also to put my review up to see if I got any comments on the writing.

― Cracks (Crackity), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link

I like to see them jump around, and their songs are catchy, but after a while I grow weary of them.

― subgenius (subgenius), Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:20 (eighteen years ago) link

TOTALLY FUN LIVE. They almost stole the 2nd day of Intonation, despite playing first at like 1:00. They would have gotten away with it if not for Les Savy Fav.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link

nine years pass...

man JUSTAMUSTACHE is sooooooooooooo overlooked, these guys were (are?) so fucking good

― flappy bird, Friday, 22 May 2015 06:34 (eight years ago) link

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