Catfish And The Bottlemen

[FloorFiller]

Just now, supreme said:

Met them the other day and they told me they honestly don't know where they are playing till they are on the poster but kinda hinted they are playing

could well be one of our elusive JP headliners

[Amy Lawn]

Van McCann popped up on my "people you may know" on Facebook today, the rest of them were all people who live near me. Maybe he does weekends in the local off license.

[Hugh Jass]

God I hope they're not playing. Partly because they're shite, but also because I'm not sure I can take another summer of riffs on their name. We exhausted that last year.

[dentalplan]

11 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

God I hope they're not playing. Partly because they're shite, but also because I'm not sure I can take another summer of riffs on their name. We exhausted that last year.

I think Summer of Riffs is their new album title.

[supreme]

They may not be everyone's cup of tea but they can sure put a show on 

[arcade fireman]

36 minutes ago, supreme said:

They may not be everyone's cup of tea but they can sure put a show on 

So could Jimmy Savile

[Purple aki squat]

They sound shite from what I've listened to. Why are they supposed to be good live when all I can hear is really poor sixth form indie bollocks?

[thewayiam]

4 hours ago, Purple aki squat said:

They sound shite from what I've listened to. Why are they supposed to be good live when all I can hear is really poor sixth form indie bollocks?

So just about every new little indie rock band that are designed for 18 years olds then, although these are a little better. Massive step up from you Circa Waves and Swim Deep type shit.

[Platt073]

Saw them last year, it was a great show. Yes they are young but I'm sure a long future is ahead.

[addicted2noise]

Their new stuff sounds a little bland compared to someone like the 1975 but they'll probably still keep gaining popularity. Incidently they have ambitions to headline glasto by their third album...

[Woffy]

On 05/05/2016 at 7:27 PM, CaledonianGonzo said:

Good to see that the tracklist of the new Radiohead album has leaked.

Resisted the urge to put it in alphabetical order.

[supreme]

Their new album is sounding pretty good  I really like 'Twice' which was released last night 

[reflekting]

5 hours ago, thewayiam said:

So just about every new little indie rock band that are designed for 18 years olds then, although these are a little better. Massive step up from you Circa Waves and Swim Deep type shit.

They are a million miles behind Circa Waves who in themselves are still pretty painting by numbers indie. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Can't wait for Ambulant Embodiment Of All that's Wrong With British Guitar Music and the lads to lad on out onto the ladstage and lad it right up for the lads.

[505]

1 hour ago, reflekting said:

They are a million miles behind Circa Waves who in themselves are still pretty painting by numbers indie.

In my opinion, absolutely not! I've seen both, Circa Waves are just not a patch on them.

Their new stuff is a bit hit and miss with me so far, they have potential, but a poor second album can destroy an artist when they have a lot to live up to by their fans standards from the first album.

Let's face it, people like to knock new indie bands that get good press, always have.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Alas for Catfish, the world too cruel a place for a delicate talent such as thee.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

45 minutes ago, 505 said:

 

Let's face it, people like to knock new indie bands that get good press, always have.

Good press? Regardless of their Carlsberg Vodafone advert indie by numbers, theyve been battered throughout the press for being modern day Jimmy Saviles to their young female fanbase and rightly so.

 

If you act like dickheads, surprisingly enough, you end up getting treated like one, see also Miles Kane in particular but also Viva Brother and The Enemy.

Edited May 20, 2016 by thesecretingredientiscrime

[FakeEmpire]

8 hours ago, thewayiam said:

So just about every new little indie rock band that are designed for 18 years olds then, although these are a little better. Massive step up from you Circa Waves and Swim Deep type shit.

Swim Deep?  Have you heard their second album?  I think it definitely took them out of the generic indie bracket.

[505]

16 minutes ago, thesecretingredientiscrime said:

Good press? Regardless of their Carlsberg Vodafone advert indie by numbers, theyve been battered throughout the press for being modern day Jimmy Saviles to their young female fanbase and rightly so.

 

If you act like dickheads, surprisingly enough, you end up getting treated like one, see also Miles Kane in particular but also Viva Brother and The Enemy.

Whilst there are a number of young females at their gigs, I don't feel like that is their target audience, and their gigs I've seen them at have been a pretty good mix of ages and genders, as I'm well aware of that image they may have.

It is easy to knock them, and I'm well aware they're not amazing, but they are decent and don't think they're going to be a flash in the pan, but feel free to quote me in 5  years time when they start playing Pontins locations around the country

Fair comment about The Enemy mind, absolute tossers.

[feline]

34 minutes ago, thesecretingredientiscrime said:

Good press? Regardless of their Carlsberg Vodafone advert indie by numbers, theyve been battered throughout the press for being modern day Jimmy Saviles to their young female fanbase and rightly so.

I haven't heard this before - what's this about?

[Hugh Jass]

49 minutes ago, thesecretingredientiscrime said:

Good press? Regardless of their Carlsberg Vodafone advert indie by numbers, theyve been battered throughout the press for being modern day Jimmy Saviles to their young female fanbase and rightly so.

 

If you act like dickheads, surprisingly enough, you end up getting treated like one, see also Miles Kane in particular but also Viva Brother and The Enemy.

Viva Brother... Quite possibly the worst band to have ever existed. They make Catfish look like The Beatles, Stones and Bowie combined.

[Alan_C]

I know someone who thinks these are the greatest thing on the planet today. He is totally against going to see old bands, and cites Catfish as a prime example of how there is some bands around today,  constantly having social media rants about about people choosing to spend money on older bands, rather than supporting the likes of Catfish. My eyes (and ears) bleed.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

35 minutes ago, 505 said:

Whilst there are a number of young females at their gigs, I don't feel like that is their target audience, and their gigs I've seen them at have been a pretty good mix of ages and genders, as I'm well aware of that image they may have.

It is easy to knock them, and I'm well aware they're not amazing, but they are decent and don't think they're going to be a flash in the pan, but feel free to quote me in 5  years time when they start playing Pontins locations around the country

Fair comment about The Enemy mind, absolute tossers.

 

22 minutes ago, feline said:

I haven't heard this before - what's this about?

http://m.noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/who-said-it-finchy-from-the-office-or-catfish--the-bottlemen

This is a relatively good overview of the way that they act, but if anything, is perhaps slightly harsh on their actual music. I have little beef with their actual music because its the type of stuff that inspires little reaction either way and can be enjoyable just in its being (little man fate, milburn etc.)

[jackarmy]

1 hour ago, RyanS said:

Swim Deep?  Have you heard their second album?  I think it definitely took them out of the generic indie bracket.

100%

Plenty of acid house and psych influence on that album. Give me them over Catfish & his bottlemen any day!

[ghostdancer1]

13 minutes ago, thesecretingredientiscrime said:

 

http://m.noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/who-said-it-finchy-from-the-office-or-catfish--the-bottlemen

This is a relatively good overview of the way that they act, but if anything, is perhaps slightly harsh on their actual music. I have little beef with their actual music because its the type of stuff that inspires little reaction either way and can be enjoyable just in its being (little man fate, milburn etc.)

some juvenile phrases and comments from a group of teenagers/early 20s isn't exactly the same as with raping and sexually assaulting underage fans.

 

although some of those phrases aren't even that bad and are pretty pathetic attempts to have a go at them really, i've seen similar on here, and i'm sure plenty of people made similarly cringeworthy puns when they were younger.

 

Edited May 20, 2016 by ghostdancer1