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Futureheads - Eponymous

 

I'm not sure this fabulous debut entirely got it's due. Alongside Maximo Park and southerners Bloc Party they've for me pretty much cornered the market in post punk/ new wave Gang of Four/Talking Heads etc copyism. They've eeked out a whole genre or rather sub-genre for themselves. The mighty triumvirate I like to call them. Far better than the much heralded likes of Franz Ferdinand et al. Listen again to the three debuts of the bands I mention, then listen to either Franz Ferdy album and see if I'm not right. Of course we could just put it down to taste but that's just a dull cop out and we both know it. You know I'm right.

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Chris Farlowe - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself

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The Dave Clark Five - Everybody Knows

Chicken Shack - I´d Rather Go Blind

American Hi-Fi - Maybe Won't Do

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  Django Reinhardt said:
Futureheads - Eponymous

 

I'm not sure this fabulous debut entirely got it's due. Alongside Maximo Park and southerners Bloc Party they've for me pretty much cornered the market in post punk/ new wave Gang of Four/Talking Heads etc copyism. They've eeked out a whole genre or rather sub-genre for themselves. The mighty triumvirate I like to call them. Far better than the much heralded likes of Franz Ferdinand et al. Listen again to the three debuts of the bands I mention, then listen to either Franz Ferdy album and see if I'm not right. Of course we could just put it down to taste but that's just a dull cop out and we both know it. You know I'm right.

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You're wrong but your prose makes up for it.

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  Happy Face said:
  Django Reinhardt said:
Futureheads - Eponymous

 

I'm not sure this fabulous debut entirely got it's due. Alongside Maximo Park and southerners Bloc Party they've for me pretty much cornered the market in post punk/ new wave Gang of Four/Talking Heads etc copyism. They've eeked out a whole genre or rather sub-genre for themselves. The mighty triumvirate I like to call them. Far better than the much heralded likes of Franz Ferdinand et al. Listen again to the three debuts of the bands I mention, then listen to either Franz Ferdy album and see if I'm not right. Of course we could just put it down to taste but that's just a dull cop out and we both know it. You know I'm right.

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You're wrong but your prose makes up for it.

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Silent Alarm is better than both FF albums but The Futureheads isn't. Decent Days and Nights is a hell of a song and Hounds Of Love isn't a terrible song (certainly not the song of the year as NME would have you believe) but it's not a great album and I found some of it rather embarassing.

Haven't got round to listening to A Certain Trigger yet but it's on my to listen to list for this year along wilth Kate Bush and Kanye West.

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  David Kelly said:
  Happy Face said:
  Django Reinhardt said:
Futureheads - Eponymous

 

I'm not sure this fabulous debut entirely got it's due. Alongside Maximo Park and southerners Bloc Party they've for me pretty much cornered the market in post punk/ new wave Gang of Four/Talking Heads etc copyism. They've eeked out a whole genre or rather sub-genre for themselves. The mighty triumvirate I like to call them. Far better than the much heralded likes of Franz Ferdinand et al. Listen again to the three debuts of the bands I mention, then listen to either Franz Ferdy album and see if I'm not right. Of course we could just put it down to taste but that's just a dull cop out and we both know it. You know I'm right.

66044[/snapback]

 

You're wrong but your prose makes up for it.

66114[/snapback]

 

Silent Alarm is better than both FF albums but The Futureheads isn't. Decent Days and Nights is a hell of a song and Hounds Of Love isn't a terrible song (certainly not the song of the year as NME would have you believe) but it's not a great album and I found some of it rather embarassing.

Haven't got round to listening to A Certain Trigger yet but it's on my to listen to list for this year along wilth Kate Bush and Kanye West.

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I'm not a big FF fan, but because they do quality pop more unashamedly than the rest they're the best of that lot by a long way, followed by Kaiser Chiefs. Stuff you can get your dancing shoes on for (pre-emptive :lol: to save Gemmill time).

 

Bloc Party, Maximo Park (who I'm going to see tomorrow ;) ) Futureheads, DDIHC, Razorlight, Hot Hot Heat, The Rakes and the rest are all much of a muchness (is that a valid term? :lol: ).

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  Dr Kenneth Noisewater said:
I like the Kaiser Chiefs album too but thats a bit different, a lot of it sounds to me like brit-pop era Pulp or Blur.

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I like the Kaiser Chiefs album as well; in fact it's one of the only albums I like out of all these new bands that all sound exactly the same to me. Starting to get a bit sick of the singles though as, in true Killers style, they're being overplayed.

 

I am *still* listening to the new Dream Theater album. Reeeeally like it.

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