Toujours la change

[peterbirks]

It's strange what kind of music suddenly becomes influental 20 years on. Who would have thought that XTC would one day have been seen as a seminal band? But the likes of Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs clearly owe a debt to these tune-meisters.

And I never thought that I would recommend a band that clearly owes a debt to U2 and, indeed, seems keen on introducing U2-like guitar riffs into most songs on their new album. But when that band clearly owes a greater debt to The Comsat Angels and The Sound, then I'm prepared to accept the soaring anthemic guitar.

I would guess that this band would be categorized with Interpol, but there is little faux Joy Division here. This is more Positive Noise territory. And the vocals are distinctly Adrian Borland. Oh, and the album is called The Back Room.

Comments

Re: The Editors

[geoffchall.livejournal.com]

No I didn't know about Borland. I do occasionaly wander up and down the Internet trying to find old relics like him, but obviously not hard enough. When, why, how?

Re: The Editors

[peterbirks.livejournal.com]

Er, by "recently", see "May 1999". Well, time goes quicker when you get older, doesn't it? Walked in front of a train at Wimbledon.

www.brittleheaven.com for the details.