How many more times must I hear a single recording that's inferior to the demo version of a decent song? I was looking forward to hearing a slightly more professional take on what is, essentially, a reet good little indie-pop tune. See what I did there? Regional dialect, folks... everyone's at it these days, even reviewers.
Anyway, where the demo version of 'What? What You Got' was full of manic energy and shot through with a lyrical swagger, this single sounds dull and lifeless in comparison. On the flip side, 'Young Offenders' is a bit looser, a touch more bluesy with some breezy harmonies at the end and trumps the A side with aplomb.
This is LMT's first release since signing their lives away to Richard Branson (more specifically, his V2 label) and if it's any indication of what's to come, I'm tempted to put a slightly ironic slant on frontman Jon Windle's lyrics and say they haven't got a lot, and I'm desperate for a Sheffield band who get signed to stick with the approach that made them sound worthy of a deal in the first place.
this is perhaps one of the most annoying songs i ve ever heard
it screams...."i write funny yet socially accurate lyrics like those monkey boys; quickly release this pile of toss"
.....it makes me angry thinking about it
6/10
anyway thats my reveiw
Yorkshire 'scene'
I agree with you computerman; several up and coming yorkshire bands are nothing more than monkeys derivatives. The only good bands from the so called 'Yorkshire Scene' are The Long Blondes and Bromheads Jacket. Oh and theres barely any yorkshiremen/women in those two bands. Now I think about it, We Start Fires aren't that bad either.
Yawn!!
Used to be better when they were the Charlatans sound-a-like The Moon. Now just another 'Libertines with a Yorkshire accent' cliché band. The Long Blondes are the best band in the city by quite some way at the moment and these lot aren't even close.
Long Blondes
Firstly the single, i agree the extra tempo and the mix on this release is piss poor. LMT are a great band so much better than this single suggests.
Secondly "the long blondes" are a complete scene joke. Your either deaf or working for them.
Little Man Tate
Milburn
Reverend
Repomen
Harrisons
The Wanted
Just a little list off the top of my head on a hungover morning of bands who are immeasurably better than the long blondes. The LB's are possibly the worst live act I have seen since I had the dubious pleasure of seeing computer man support Reverend at the Charlotte some months ago.
In fact the mere fact you mentioned the LB's proves your opinion is void.
Fin.
Weeeeeeeeeeell....
Whilst I agree the demo is FAR superior to the V2 cock-up, LMT don't seserve to be lumped in with the whole Arctics camp. They're so very different. Just go see the band live ONCE. That's all it'll take. If you had to make any comparison with the AM's you could say "LMT are like the Arctics, but minus the miserable, 'look at me I'm from a poor area and it's really shit around here' lyrics and po-faces. LMT are as, if not more energetic, better looking and pre fame-tainted. Get 'em while they're hot.
first single
http://www.drownedinsound.com/content/view/626538#r678476
thats a better review of the first single before V2 got their paws in.... V2 just after an Arctics clone perhaps..
The Mardy Bums
..are one of the best 'scene' bands in Sheffield.
www.myspace.com/themardybums
SO many...
... bands from Sheffield must get pissed off by the Little Man Tate / Harrisons / Milburn / Bromheads Jacket possee of sheer unadulterated boredom.
There are some fucking amazing bands in Sheffield, mainly centered around the superb Sheffield Phonographic Corporation, [Detail] and Electric Blanket. Go listen to Smokers Die Younger, or Chuck, or Champion Kickboxer, or The Yell.
Seriously, fantastic stuff.
I also like Long Blondes, they're certainly more exciting than the bunch that are doing their best to follow the Monkeys like sheep. They're all just The Libertines / Jam with Sheffield accents and lyrics who try their best to do gritty social commentry, but really are just the sound of the annoying twat who always comes to the pub with you, telling you how he drank 12 pints, nearly pulled and then threw up in the sink, who you utterly despise but can't really get rid of.
Erm, I don;t like some of those bands very much,
On a rope
Its just clicked where I've heard this song before. "On a rope, on a rope, got me hanging on a rope" etc. Rocket From The Crypt, that's them
Long Blondes
England's Yeah Yeah Yeahs
lush single
7/10
really good after you've listened to it for a while :D
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