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Broken Family Band

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? by bobbygeorge
Is anyone going to see them at Cargo tomorrow? I have seen them before and thought they were great but haven't bought the new album yet and not sure I can afford to go, should I shell out?
bobbygeorge | 13 Jun '05, 20:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Broken Family Band

i keep reading about them but i still don't know what they sound like ... what sort of thing are they ?
soapy | 13 Jun '05, 20:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Broken Family Band

country americana types. i'm not a fan
darkpigeon | 13 Jun '05, 21:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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They are alternative country, with quite a dark and quirky edge. Their latest material is pretty good.
I saw them perform recently at The Windmill, Brixton and was rather impressed. Enough to be going to check them out at Cargo tomorrow.
But then, I like lots of different types of music.
star | 13 Jun '05, 21:15 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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They do that alt.country/americana thing and do it better than most American bands (although I haven't heard the new album). Whenever i've seen them it's been a great show and they're from Cambridge, which is where I'm from too!
bobbygeorge | 13 Jun '05, 21:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Broken Family Band

couple of nice songs, but a general inability to be serious: ie, they sing all their songs in a fake american accent, in a comedy way, like they are afraid to be sincere.
grockle | 13 Jun '05, 21:14 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i thought they were american :s

sounds interesting though... might hit the p2p world later tonight to hear for mesel
soapy | 13 Jun '05, 21:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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nah, they are from cambridge........ha ha ha

If they could/would be sincere, I've no doubt they'd do something good, but it's that classic thing where they'd rather pretend everything is a joke than have an audience see true emotion
grockle | 13 Jun '05, 21:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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you should definitely go, the mighty magoo are supporting.

two of the best bands this country has to offer at the mo
robot_twin | 13 Jun '05, 21:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply