Three years ago, a mate of mine recommended I check out Bob Vylan. I took a listen to We Live Here and thought it sounded alright, but had some nu-metal tendancies and lack of subtlety that made me think this could be good to see live, but probably not something I’m going to listen to much otherwise.
I pretty much forgot about them since then until, for some beautiful reasons, I noticed that people have started talking about them again. Thing is, they’re talking about their set at Glastonbury and not the music, so I thought I’d start a thread here to see what others think.
Amy from Amyl And The Sniffers guests on a reworking of Dream Big called Dream Bigger where her guesting on a track is always welcome
I also see he’s done a collab single with The Bloody Beetroots who at one point around 2006 I thought were the bees knees, but over the years they got caught up in that vacuous Steve Aoki direction so I lost interest, but the collab seems to work really well.
Never heard them before Saturday - really disliked the name so was put off. But they’re great. Glastonbury set was immense, and they’ve gone straight onto one of my playlists.
Went to see them a couple of years ago, did really enjoy them live, but tbh, don’t really find myself wanting to listen to them outside of that setting.
Heard Hunger Games a lot on 6 Music when it came out and thought “good lyrics, rubbish song”. Enjoyed the Glastonbury set a lot though, but not sure if I’d bother sticking an album on outside of a live context
Was really good in a late night slot last year at Glasto. Probably main thing I felt was missing from the fest vs Prima was late night live bands instead of it moving pretty quickly onto just dance acts
But stumbling onto the Bobs at 2am and bouncing around for a few tracks was a great feeling. Same (small!) area had Kneecap on at 3am I think, was already packed out then - dread to think how busy the same show would be this year
Have seen them live a few times over the last five years or so, and had a good time at every show. Don’t really listen to them much at home, but I’m glad they’re there
The chant is going to overshadow the rest of their Glastonbury set, but it’s worth saying again that it looked like an incredibly feel-good set with lovely vibes. The bit with his daughter was genuinely sweet and added to the show. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a punk show that starts with yoga stretches either.
Great politically, poor musically. Guess that’s the general consensus of someone would’ve made a thread about their music by now or mention their music without the context of their politics
