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[krisskross]

Sounds like they're back at glasto this year

[daley]

What did they say?? There new albums brilliant!

[karelaanzee]

I'm addicted to Bigger Than Us

Edited by karelaanzee, 20 January 2011 - 09:22 PM.

[ampersand]

just about to listen to their first album for the first time. was never quite sure of them but worth a bash!

[krisskross]

Zane Lowe pushed em in a quick interview at in new music we trust.

[zeppelin]

daley, on 20 January 2011 - 09:22 PM, said:

What did they say?? There new albums brilliant!

wasn't convinced on first listen but then... MY GOD!!! I love it!

[Spider43]

karelaanzee, on 20 January 2011 - 09:22 PM, said:

I'm addicted to Bigger Than Us

Me too.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

Strangers is a personal favourite

The album admitidly took a few listens but i am really enjoying it now

[budvar]

Cracking couple of sets in 2009. I'm seeing them in Shepherd's Bush in a couple of weeks; cracking love band. Always a big finish with Death too. Be great to see them back at Glasto. I'm worried that they'll have a 2nd from the top on The Other slot though.

[LondonTom]

zeppelin, on 20 January 2011 - 09:27 PM, said:

wasn't convinced on first listen but then... MY GOD!!! I love it!

same! took a bit but suddenly hit me and i was like YES!


Fantastic news if they are playing

[Gregcharlie]

http://pitchfork.com...s/15009-ritual/

this review pretty much sums up White Lies

[Porcelina]

Have to say I wasn't expecting much from this album at all but it's a respectable second offering! Would like to catch them this summer.

[krisskross]

Gregcharlie, on 21 January 2011 - 02:58 PM, said:

http://pitchfork.com...s/15009-ritual/

this review pretty much sums up White Lies

Haha, that's fantastic

[RichieSpenno]

Pitchfork is the biggest pile of w*nk ever.  It's like an unfunny, music-based version of Zero Punctuation.  

Glad to see White Lies again if they come back.  Great on the Other Stage in 2009.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Not a massive fan of the second record at all. I like the single Bigger Than Us, but the rest of it isn't really anything special at all.

[In transit]

That Pitchfork review is a load of self-congratulatory onanism. What an absolute load of tosh.

On a serious point he just doesn't engage in any review of the album and he obviously hates the band so why be the guy reviewing it?

If I had to review a Take That album I'd obviously want to give it a good slating but you are writing for fans and non-fans so you'd write it with references to their previous work and actually give the reader the notion of what to expect.

Just as there is very little point in reading the album reviews of fanboys there's no point in the 'reviews' of people who've made up their mind before they heard the music they're supposed to be writing about.

[budvar]

In transit, on 21 January 2011 - 07:10 PM, said:

That Pitchfork review is a load of self-congratulatory onanism. What an absolute load of tosh.

On a serious point he just doesn't engage in any review of the album and he obviously hates the band so why be the guy reviewing it?

If I had to review a Take That album I'd obviously want to give it a good slating but you are writing for fans and non-fans so you'd write it with references to their previous work and actually give the reader the notion of what to expect.

Just as there is very little point in reading the album reviews of fanboys there's no point in the 'reviews' of people who've made up their mind before they heard the music they're supposed to be writing about.

Couldn't agree more. The kind of thing that people like to post links to, so they don't have to type it themselves (see above). As I've said above, I loved the last album and am enjoying the current one. Very welcome at Glasto (and the vast majority of people who saw them cover The Boss in 2009 will say the same thing)

[Festival Liam]

budvar, on 21 January 2011 - 10:33 PM, said:

Couldn't agree more. The kind of thing that people like to post links to, so they don't have to type it themselves (see above). As I've said above, I loved the last album and am enjoying the current one. Very welcome at Glasto (and the vast majority of people who saw them cover The Boss in 2009 will say the same thing)

I agree. Fair enough if it was a review of the band themselves, or a piece on the. But it really didn't review the album.

(Aside, I very much want Amy Maconald at Glasto this year and to do her Boss cover -
)

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Not listened to the new album yet, but really enjoying 'Bigger than us'. Expecting to like the new album. I don't imagine it will be much progression for them, but we shall see.

[Gregcharlie]

Boring as ...Chapel Club? Give me Interpol or Editors any day

[budvar]

Festival Liam, on 21 January 2011 - 11:30 PM, said:

I agree. Fair enough if it was a review of the band themselves, or a piece on the. But it really didn't review the album.

(Aside, I very much want Amy Maconald at Glasto this year and to do her Boss cover -
)

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Not listened to the new album yet, but really enjoying 'Bigger than us'. Expecting to like the new album. I don't imagine it will be much progression for them, but we shall see.

You couldn't go wrong with a cover of The Boss that year! Best had to be Gaslight Anthem; they didn't cover him, they brought him on to sing one of their songs!