You should've made the b-side the lead track, at least it's good, "Formed A Band" is just averagely tedious stuff that one neat nagging guitar riff can't save on its own, especially by the 2nd minute. With the lyrics sending me asleep by then as well. Which is a pain, it sounded like I'd love it from all I'd heard about it beforehand. Can't trust everything that you read though i guess. Maybe my tedium threshold's dropped again, I'll wait for the next single..

I thought you'd take the bait. I used to go to art college aswell, you know, I like to get my teeth into a debate.
I take your point about judging you after one track, it's partly the press surrounding the track that pisses me off aswell, yeh it is a simple (fucking annoyingly) catchy song and that is all, nothing earth shattering.
Secondly, music always brings people together (in the words of the great wise Madonna) , I think it is the most instant and powerful form of expression you can get (second to sex and violence, obviously), just think of band aid, all those celebrity get togethers, eh. Maybe one day you'll be asked to do one. The reason that line in particular annoyed me was because the line is so throw away and pointless within the context of the song, it is just verbatim. Why not say ' I wish I could write a song with something worth singing about in' or ' I wish I could write a song that would help the elderly across the street' or even sing about the details of the problems on the west bank a la rage against the machine, the fall, Public Image ltd, Public Enemy, RATM Etc, and do something to help, not just give a slightly capricious soundbyte?. Who doesn't want conflict to stop?
Anyway, how are you guys being marketed, is it all simply nice uncynical band playing and enjoying the act of that; or is that just your press release.
I know Nick and Alex from Franz Ferdinand and I know that 'official' bootlegs were secretly released before the second single as a bit of a guerilla marketing exercise, and i'm sure that is partly the reason they got so much press over the 2nd single.
I hope that you are a group of hardworking, honest and unpretentious individuals, then you won't piss me off so much and I may actually like you. I just hate the way the music press is so tabloidy these days, always trying to create the next big thing and sway opinion.
Anyway best of luck to you, prove me wrong, I dare you, and then there might be more decent stuff on daytime radio. Take it easy.

I'm assuming you're a member of Art Brut.....in which case :-

1) The general music in "Formed A Band" is GOOD
2) I'm sure your other stuff might be good

BUT

Get rid of that bloke who talks his way through that song. From my point of view, the guy saying "this is my normal singing voice; it's not irony and it's not rock 'n' roll" (or words to that effect), he may be right, but it's certainly downright pretentious!!

That guy basically sounds like a more annoying Mike Skinner (i.e Streets). Get rid of him.....and the pretentious lyrics......and you'll have a good band.

i heard the Brut were making a song called 'Top Of The Pops' - is it a cover of the Rezillos?

I thought this was a place where you state your opinion on bands. I made the post because I personally found the track so annoying that I felt the need to write, and see what other people thought. If I was pretentious surely i'd write 'Music is the most instant and powerful form of expression you can get (second to sex and violence, obviously)' without bothering with the 'I think' on the front. Sorry that i'm passionate about things.
I do have plenty of positive things to say about other bands and music out there, I love a lot from Cannonball Adderley to Kid 606 to Jim O'Rourke to RamEllZee. Just not this song by these guys. Why bother listening to mediocre music when there's so much stuff out there to blow you away?
Clever though, the way you deconstruct my points and turn them back on me, like you know me. Saves you having to think of your own opinion, anyway, I wasn't aware I had anything to do with the mainstream alternative scene. Have fun