#41

Listening to the album after someone pointed me towards it and really enjoying it. Some proper Joe Lally stylings from the bassist.

#42

enjoying the album, more than i expected based on the singles

Television Screens is the immediate standout for me. Hurricane Laughter is a favourite too. still enjoying Too Real, always thought it sounds very Mission of Burma until the vocals kick in.

not so keen on the Pogues impression at the end, and definitely think he’s hamming up the accent to sound more Northside throughout compared to how he sounds in interviews, but good record and nice to see it going down so well

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#43

Really enjoying this too, despite hating Big when I first heard it. Television Screens is a definite highlight and the vocal reminds me of Idlewild*

(*haven’t actually listened to Idlewild in years so my frame of reference might be completely off and this might all just be in my head)

#44

this b-side is a banger tbf

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#45

hadn’t listened to the original BITBL until now. it’s great actually. the album version sounds a bit flat in comparison now.

#46

I’m usually really suspicious of the ‘hot new guitar band’ but I really like this album. They do the rattling post punk roar really well but there is a bit more to them - a bit of humour, a romantic swoon and a real sense of place. I really like the way they tie themselves so strongly to where they are from, both musically and lyrically. There should be more of that sort of thing,

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#47

I think we are all a bit suspicious of that!

Saw them at an instore yesterday and they were great. They had sold out the ‘real’ show before I had even heard of them.

#48

If I’m honest there’s a bit of a risk of exoticism for those of us not from Dublin (it would probably be less appealing if they started a song with ‘Guildford in the rain is mine’). That said I’ve always liked bands that sing with identifiable local accents and about the places they live - it was a real part of the appeal of early Arctic Monkeys and of Sleaford Mods for me. Better that than some homogeneous pap where everyone tries to sound like they’re from Brooklyn.

#49

Yep, that’s a real winner.

I did really enjoy the album. Of the new ones, “Liberty Belle” is ace and the re-recording of “Boys in the Better Land” sounds huge.

#50

I really enjoy it (espeially the more reflective ones as others have said) but parts of it make me think of The Rifles and people of that ilk. Which isn’t the most rining endorsement ever …

#51

It is perhaps a little hard not to be cynical about how Northside a lad called Grian Chatten can be.

Winced at this quote too, but they’re young I suppose!

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#52

Someone is going to have to explain the Northside thing for the uninitiated.

#53

They’re referring to the north side of the Liffey in Dublin. It’s an area that is typically seen as poorer, more working class and deprived of amemities those on the south side have. It’s your standard haves vs. have-nots conflict.

(There are poor areas both north and south of the Liffey and viewing the social inequalities of Dublin through this lens is reductive and unhelpful IMO.)

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#54

This is my only real beeve about their sound

Edit: they are infinitely more interesting than The Rifles though

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#55

Meh its ok is suppose

Coming from Dublin myself i find the accent he sings in to be a bit grating, i mean its fine but gets old very quickly if that makes sense

All in all yeah the albums ok

#56

Yeah the content appeals more but some of the sonic signifiers remind me of that time and those bands - not inherently a bad thing, it just sort of pulls me out of the moment for a minute.

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#57

This is shite. It sounds like The Enemy if they were pretending to be Dubs. 5/10.

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#60

I give em a solid 7/10. Some good songs nothing spectacular. Television screens is the standout for me.

However, I do cringe every time he hams it up dooblin style. Must be how Londoners felt when Damon Albarn put on that corkney accent for blur.

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#61

Imagine a world where

would be given a rating as high as 5/10

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#62

Very good point. 3/10 it is.