Keith isn't a great name in my opinion. I knew a lad called Keith at school, and he was a dick. Still, being the model of integrity that I am, I won't let this cloud my judgement, nor the hyperbole-fest that is their biography. Just like every other band (according to their PR, anyway), Keith are “unique”.
Not so sunshine - I've definitely heard this somewhere before, namely in the Hacienda while off my tits on E (the author would have been less than ten if this were true – Legal Ed). Certainly, Keith strike me as Madchester babies, and singer Oli Bayston's voice isn't from anywhere else but the home of New Order et al. In truth, his delivery is closer to Morrissey than either Sumner or Ryder, though the opening words of “All you ever do is whine” could easily be a slight on Mozzer's festival displays this year.
With an ebullient, insistent bass-line and funky, Latino percussion, this is certain to get feet stomping across indie clubland, and with the radio edit clocking in at three-minutes-thirty airplay shouldn't be a problem, either. All that's missing, to these ears, is a little bit of soul; something to make me love it rather than like it. Check out the Simian Mobile Disco remix though, 'cause that's ace.
I like this one...a lot
It's got a good melody line, something all the post-whatever bands seem to have forgotten. Yeah, the name is a problem because when you say "Keith" everybody thinks of the famous guitar player for the Rolling Stones. Which would be clever...if these guys sounded like the Stones, which they don't.
Anyway, add my point onto your 7 and give them an 8.
lay off the Keith's of this world
My dad's called Keith; he's great.
don't get caught up with their name
certainly there's a bit of a Madchester element with that piano line, I think it's a great track.
The other two singles Hold That Gun & Back There were also good
Everybody always says what a crap name it is - I think they've cursed themselves a bit with it
I wish
British indie bands would stop calling themselves after names. It's so lame.
Why
isent the single edit on the single?