2017 albums

Thanks for the warning.

(Gouges eardrums with an icepick.)

They're better than Shed Seven for sure I wouldn't mind them on a summer festival tbh

I saw them about half a dozen times I always use the excuse "BUT I ONLY WENT BECAUSE THE STANDS SUPPORTED" in my defence

but then I noticed on my sad-bastard gig list that I actually paid to see them once & The Stands wasn't there so the LOLZ are on me.

not sure what i think of the new ride tune on first listen. it's not shit but don't think it's anything special either. that's ride and jesus and mary chain whose albums i was both pumped for that i'm now thinking will be disappointments

I only ever saw them the one time when they supported oasis. They played the song from the itunes commercial about 2/3 of the way through the set and I swear to god I have never in my life seen a rush for the bathrooms/bar as big as that one the moment they finished it.

My sad-bastard gig list says that someone named nic armstrong was on before them that night and I vaguely remember them being quite good. I also remember oasis doing the live debut of "love like a bomb" that night and being excited about that. Excited about hearing love like a bomb. 2005, everybody!

i saw nic armstrong back in the day too and quite enjoyed him. proper 60s sounding retro stuff from what i remember.

Fuck, forgot all about Nick Armstrong, I had what I think was his debut album 'The Greatest White Liar', as you say JP, incredibly retro sounding.

This was it.

Yeah he was ok, saw him a couple of times. Once with forgotten soapboxer and Fulham fan 94harbour.

nic armstrong always makes me think of this album too as im sure these two played together quite a bit around that period... david viner lives in norwich now bizarrely

Weird I almost mentioned him in my last post.

I saw him with jet and forgotten oasisish band THE HISS on a NME awards show at the Astoria

Turned that Ride song off after two minutes, almost as shit as All For One.

I bought The Hiss's debut album on the recommendation of long-forgotten forum member Superso-Nick. Think I listened to it once, it was fucking gash.

Ride song really reminds me of something but I'm not sure what. The verses are decent but the chorus sounds like a 3rd rate Britpop tune.

While we are being nostalgic does anyone remember the star spangles? They appeared shortly after the strokes with the single STAY AWAY FROM ME. I thought it was incredible at the time, bought the album and it was shit

Haha, THE HISS were shit. Years ago I won a competition to see Oasis play in Munich & Berlin, THE HISS supported both dates. We flew back to TCOTU on a really tiny plane and I was sat next to the members of THE HISS who all thought they were rock stars.

Yeah I remember THE HISS (and the star spangles) well. Heard a tune on MTV2 that sounded alright, bought their album, was total shit.

I reckon I knew pretty much every indie band from 2001-2005, I used to read NME religiously back then.

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