#21

I used to be very into manic street preachers and the wildhearts as a youngster

#22

Basically every band I liked when I was 14

#23

island In The Sun is a good song

4 Likes
#24

Kings of Leon

1 Like
#25

I still totally am.

1 Like
#26

Their worst stuff I can laugh at (thank you for introducing me to that song about breaking into the mall) but to me that one’s always felt lazy and plodding in a completely humorless way. It feel almost like it was written by a focus group.

1 Like
#27

i dunno, i think maybe i like it more cause i was the right age when it came out. do think its a nice song though

1 Like
#28

fickle bunch of shits.

3 Likes
#29

Of Montreal

2 Likes
#30

What are your favourite post Maladroit songs?

#31

ermm my favourite is probably Unspoken

#32

Was very into enter shikari as a 12 year old via my brother. Can’t believe how unbelievably shit they are / have become.

#33

Still love fickle bunch of shits.

6 Likes
#34

All of them

#35

Coldplay

Yes, I know, it’s now (legitimately) fashionable to criticise them, but in my late teens, when their early eps and debut came out, I thought they were very good. Their debut is a very, very good album. Subsequently, however, they embraced generic, stadium filler rock/ballads and the rest is history.

#36

What does “become an arrogant meme” mean? I’ve seen FJM derided as a meme a few times now, but never really understood it.

To be honest, I’m not really sure what memes are beyond pictures with pithy captions on - though I’m aware they’ve taken on some kind of broader cultural significance.

#37

Wouldn’t say hate exactly but seeing nowadays Belle and Sebastian at Primavera was an incredibly depressing experience.

#38

Sorry, was a bit drunk when I wrote that - I just mean that the character of FJM has become so overbearing and it is not something I enjoy. I think the meme thing is just because a lot of the attention he seems to get is based on quippy/snarky things he says being shared on the internet (although that has maybe died down a bit now).

He’s obviously talented and a good performer, but for me the character is detrimental to the music.

1 Like
#39

That’s a little unfair. Enter Shikari have always been, if nothing else, consistently shit from day one.

6 Likes
#40

When I hear a new B&S song I imagine I’m hearing what their detractors have always heard: aloof, arch, twee nonsense. They’re a little like the magnetic fields for me in that respect - another band that I used to love, turning out tunes bereft of any kind of sincerity whatsoever.