A Year In Pop: 33

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Crikey, I almost forgot!

[Poll #1042782]

Is it just me or does it seem to anyone else that the Pigeon Detectives are releasing a single a month??

Comments

Bob's parents aren't back for another six hours

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

If there is a point to this it's that whilst they sound like they should be a singles band, I don't think they are - all the songs sound better when accompanied by the rest of the (cough *concept* cough) album.

This = true. Have you heard their first album (The Papercut Chronicles) too? It is very very good, if a little serious and they haven't quite got the hang of how to deal with themselves yet so the song about teenage suicide re: being gay comes out a bit vitriolic but otherwise it is full of equal delight to 'As Cruel As Schoolchildren.'

My favourite song by them is 'It's OK, but just this once!' Cus it takes the sum of all the others and makes a mess of it.

ex oh ex oh dash bracken

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

I've not heard The Papercut Chronicles, but if it's good I'll certainly investigate! Actually hadn't heard of it until the weekend when I did the crash course in BEING A REAL FAN. ;)

I think my favourite is still New Friend Request. That deadpan signoff makes me grin like a loon wherever I happen to be (trains and work, generally).

Re: ex oh ex oh dash bracken

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of my friend John's description of an auto-reader for the blind internet user experiencing Lloyd Grossman's myspace: 'LOLOLOLOL PAGE DOWN PAGE DOWN' (ie: it is brilliant)