And, no, The Music don't count.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 24 January 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago) link
Like Alex in NYC, I think they are a lot more imaginative than most of The Next Strokes types, in fact, I suspect they are simply milking that particular fashion (the structure of the song seems quite explicit about this kind of opportunism). 'Darts of Pleasure' made me think they might simply be the next stage of nurock heritage strip mining - simply moving the MO on from CBGBs to Postcard and The Fall. But the new record, pretty uniquely in new British guitar pop, promises something witty and mischievous and even sexy.
Didn't Alex used to be in The Karelia? They weren't very good, but had almost Cowardian perversity about them, which hopefully will start to show up in FF even more.
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Saturday, 24 January 2004 16:35 (twenty years ago) link
and i think the members of FF in scatter have now left scatter. uncomfirmed.
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 January 2004 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Saturday, 24 January 2004 19:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Dude (The Yellow Dart), Saturday, 24 January 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 24 January 2004 20:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Jones (Crackity Jones), Saturday, 24 January 2004 21:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Ferrrrrrg (Ferg), Saturday, 24 January 2004 21:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 24 January 2004 21:55 (twenty years ago) link
Just about *every* band who ever admits to/talks about a Talking Heads influence is better than the Talking Heads themselves, I've found. So this is quite a recommendation!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 24 January 2004 22:38 (twenty years ago) link
― prima fassy (bob), Saturday, 24 January 2004 23:44 (twenty years ago) link
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 25 January 2004 00:14 (twenty years ago) link
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Sunday, 25 January 2004 00:15 (twenty years ago) link
― aleksandr supertramp (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 25 January 2004 00:29 (twenty years ago) link
― JoB (JoB), Sunday, 25 January 2004 00:52 (twenty years ago) link
It's true! I only like a few singles by them -- mostly for nostalgia -- and I've never cared enough to listen any further. It's like they have all these reasonably good elements and put them together in a way that annoys.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 January 2004 01:38 (twenty years ago) link
fuck off,
Hector
― Hector Savage, Sunday, 25 January 2004 05:43 (twenty years ago) link
I can't believe it's taken this long on this thread for anyone to mention Josef K. They also remind me in many ways of The Yummy Fur (not the aussie one), which is perhaps not surprising considering the groups share two members.
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Sunday, 25 January 2004 19:41 (twenty years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Sunday, 25 January 2004 19:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 25 January 2004 21:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Ferrrrrrg (Ferg), Sunday, 25 January 2004 21:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Ferrrrrrg (Ferg), Sunday, 25 January 2004 21:23 (twenty years ago) link
my friend's quote at w/e was "franz ferdinand ? more like les ferdinand".
not funny, but nor are they.
― fletcher dexter, Sunday, 25 January 2004 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― janni (janni), Monday, 26 January 2004 04:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 26 January 2004 11:43 (twenty years ago) link
Does anyone else find it really bizarre that they are in the top 5?
― hmmmm, Monday, 26 January 2004 12:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Stupid (Stupid), Monday, 26 January 2004 13:25 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 26 January 2004 13:26 (twenty years ago) link
Oh right, because they don't.
― LiquidTide (LiquidTide), Monday, 26 January 2004 14:37 (twenty years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Monday, 26 January 2004 14:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Monday, 26 January 2004 14:52 (twenty years ago) link
There.
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 26 January 2004 15:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 26 January 2004 15:04 (twenty years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Monday, 26 January 2004 15:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Phoebe Dinsmore, Monday, 26 January 2004 15:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:40 (twenty years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 26 January 2004 22:08 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Monday, 26 January 2004 22:29 (twenty years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 26 January 2004 22:29 (twenty years ago) link
-- LiquidTide"
Nobody is saying anyone sounds EXACTLY like anyone else.
― Stupid (Stupid), Monday, 26 January 2004 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 26 January 2004 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― LiquidTide (LiquidTide), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 00:03 (twenty years ago) link
I hate it when people claim band a doesn't sound like band b simply because everyone else is saying they do. Sometimes, everybody says something because it's so fucking obvious...
― Stupid (Stupid), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 01:23 (twenty years ago) link
― nate detritus (natedetritus), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 01:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 10:52 (twenty years ago) link
― flowersdie (flowersdie), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 11:04 (twenty years ago) link
and how long have you been posting here? it's practically all that happens here.
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 13:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 13:31 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 27 January 2004 13:32 (twenty years ago) link
― kaiser wilhelm, Sunday, 24 October 2004 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― sometimes i like to pretend i am very small and warm (ex machina), Sunday, 24 October 2004 21:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chairman ROFLMAO (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 24 October 2004 21:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― kaiser wilhelm, Sunday, 24 October 2004 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link
DEAR DISCHORD RECORDS, DO NOT SEND ANY MORE RECORDS TO ENGLAND
― sometimes i like to pretend i am very small and warm (ex machina), Sunday, 24 October 2004 21:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― kaiser wilhelm, Sunday, 24 October 2004 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Sunday, 24 October 2004 22:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Sunday, 24 October 2004 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, they are better than Nickelback.
― sometimes i like to pretend i am very small and warm (ex machina), Sunday, 24 October 2004 23:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― \(^o^)/ (Adrian Langston), Sunday, 24 October 2004 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― billstevejim, Monday, 25 October 2004 03:32 (nineteen years ago) link
The Scottish person doing the narrative marketing speak sounds like Edwyn Collins.
Can anyone confirm that it is Edwyn Collins !
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― stew, Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link
Well do ya do ya do ya wanna, wanna go... where i've never let you before?
― jimmy jims, Saturday, 1 October 2005 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 1 October 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― keyth (keyth), Saturday, 1 October 2005 23:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 5 December 2005 10:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― snowballing (snowballing), Monday, 5 December 2005 10:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― mies van der rohffle (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 5 December 2005 10:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 5 December 2005 11:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― blunt (blunt), Monday, 5 December 2005 12:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Monday, 5 December 2005 12:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 5 December 2005 12:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hat (Hat), Monday, 5 December 2005 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― cw (cww), Monday, 5 December 2005 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― cw (cww), Monday, 5 December 2005 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 5 December 2005 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
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