I remember racing downtown after school one summer's day in U6th to get this CD. Shiny happy pop songs about heartbreak and being dumped really don't get any better than this...
This is another heartbreak album, whisper it quietly and don't smoke during the performance. Harmonies, strange tunings and songs about dinosaurs, whores and sunflowers. I challenge you to listen to this and not be moved...
One of the latest additions to my must have list. So the singer dates Stuart Murdoch from B&S, so you already know what they sound like, but they're so twee and sweet and when she sings "Do you wash your hair in honeydew?" you even forget how weird that is and take in the power of the metaphor. Yeah...
Ok, so it's very 1996, but it really gets better with each listen. I guess there the kind of band you either love or hate, and for the last 5 years i've been loving them. Bonus marks for including the word "testicles" in a song. Not enough songs have testicles in them in my opinion...
So the new acoustic movement never caught on, but this album is so good and so quiet that it almost single-handedly justifies the existence of Norway. And they're possibly the best live band i've ever seen. And they're really cute and shy! These reviews have quite a homosexual flavour don't they? Oh... Blame Serge...
This is pure emo and it rocks. More songs about being dumped (notice a pattern emerging here?) and not giving a shit. And the singer can't really sing, but tries his hardest. "A" for effort boys....
More emo-rock- singers who can't sing and loud guitars. I've really liked this album for a long time (2 years...) and it mentions both New York and New Jersey, so therefore i'd have to have it with me wherever i go!
New Jersey, indie, funny songs, americanisms - how could i not be sold? Actually i prefer the first album, but i couldn't find a picture of it. Oh well, perhaps i could sneak them both in. "Lead us not into Penn-Station" tee-hee...
So how do you pick a fave B&S album? This album probably takes it for tweeness and boys wearing flares and tank-tops. And besides, i thought i was allowed another bed-wetting choice after all those loud ones....
While i'm sure that Daniel Wylie's solo career will set the world on fire, this album is pure genius, with harmonies, big choruses and sunny summers days running the whole way though .(just don't mention they're scottish. or very ugly)
Ok ok, so it's beyond a fetish, it's not even an obsession - it's more a way of life. This is simply my favourite album ever - nothing comes close, and almost everyone i've (grudgingly) leant it too agrees! You need to hear this album. Pure close-your-eyes, sing along, shake your head and forget about the bad times indie rock. Go buy it. Buy it now!! Buy it now damn you!!!
"Kitchen TV's on so i can hear the sound...." Whatever - it makes sense!!