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Control and Wolves from the last album Albatross are simply brilliant. And its rare for me to like new bands.
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Why aren't they big?
My opinion is because; the middle video in particular is middle of the road. The singers voice is fairly generic sounding and lyrically they are forgettable and lacking in some interesting melodies.
Good musicians don't necessarily write decent songs, though there are some decent guitar parts and bass lines. I like the mad guitar work and outro guitar solo to the first video for instance but it doesn't and shouldn't prop up the whole song.
Any other reasons? Yeah rightly or wrongly they are not young and don't have a marketable image.
And the final nail in the coffin - the guitarist is using a double neck in the second video!
I love the melodies that these guys create. I find them instantly memorable and whistleable, (a litmus test for me in some respects). I think the outro solo on Control adds to the song, but doesn't prop it up. The Wolves vocal line on both the verse and chorus I really enjoy.
Not pissing on your parade at all. Just funny how we both react to the same elements of their music completely differently.
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I only watched the first one, because it bored me enough that I couldn't be bothered with the others. I did watch it all the way to the end but it was a real effort.
Dull song, predictable lyrics, too long, cliched arrangement, too much guitar, the sounds are tired, they also look like musos with too much gear.
While those criticisms can certainly be applied to a lot of successful bands, they generally got successful when they were still young, interesting and at least a little bit 'alternative', and only got dull later. (Maybe even including Coldplay, although I always thought they were dull to begin with.)
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I'm just completely underwhelmed by them as are a few others.
"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."
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Did Thornley have to copy him that closely? Don't care. I think it sounds awesome :-)
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