Some things - Marmite, butter, Friends, Nissan Micras - you're either going to love or hate, with no in between. The Pigeon Detectives seem set to land in that proverbial desert – their straight to the point, no frills punk-flavoured pop isn't designed to go around the houses, as it were.
So there'll be some who'll say that 'Romantic Type' is unashamed, fizzy angst pop that falls somewhere between Sham 69 terrace chants from the 1970s and the more eloquent guitar posturings of The Strokes.
For others, this will be nothing more than average MTV2-lite indie dross that only Magners-induced knuckleheads could give a toss about.
Which means it's going to be a lonely time for me, sat on the fence between a rock and a hard place. While this is like the musical equivalent of a bag of flame-grilled steak McCoys washed down with a can of Red Bull, there's no mistaking that The Pigeon Detectives know there way around a tune. Even if it is normally a little like something you’ve heard before.
This is bogus manufactured crap
Comparisons to the credless Strokes are the deepest of deep irony. Like that totally artificial "indie" boy band, these guys sound like the result of a late '06 marketing strategy session, Check:
a) the dumb name
b) the per hour agency chick on the sleeve of I found out
c) the black rick, as if these worthless fucks even know how to spell Lennon's name
d) the trite list of influences comprising every touchstone band of the last half century, obviously shit out by some computer
e) the seeming total lack of a back catalog for a band that "formed in 2002"
f) the cock-shrivellingly lame music that you *have* heard before because it's assembled from samples from about a dozen better bands
Don't eat the cheese! Reject this prefabricated "band" and the evil puppet masters who created it!
One thing
I'd never accuse The Pigeon Detectives of being is manufactured. Typical indie disco fare yes, but some kind of industry bi-product, definitely not.
Definitely
not manufactured I know for a fact. File under ok/arsed.
hair
I think the singers hair shows they are not a manufactured band. Essential? No. Good fun? Yes.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Exactly, we all know they're not the most innovative band, even the band themselves know that. But they are good fun, and a great live band.
sorry
is this really necessary? their a great bunch of lads who've been mates for a long time, long before they were the band. if you don't like them, fine. but don't be a total prick by talking total shit!!
You are talking utter shite
Dude you really need to get a few basic facts straight before you go putting the world to rights with your unbased facts and petty rants....
First and foremost The Pigeon Detectives have been mates for years. Barring Jim they all went to the same infants school together, taught each other guitar and played in the same football teams years before they decided to form a band. They are signed to a Leeds indie label in Dance to the Radio and have done the rounds in shite venues playing to crowds of about 10 people for over 2 years.
Basically the points you've made are absolute nonsense. Stand in the corner face the wall, eat that cheese and think about what you've done...
Also, I wasn't aware Keith Allen was a golf enthusiast....
I
think that robertstjames is a little jealous. I think he secretly loves The Pigeon Detectives.
No, I secretly love
the long-haired guitar girl in Cansei, but let's not sidetrack ourselves. Seriously, all mean-spirited trashing aside, these guys have been around since 2002, right? Did they not release any singles, cdrs, anything at all? What's their pedigree? How do they go from total obscurity to supporting A-list names, playing Reading, etc? Did they win some kind of lottery? Do they golf w/Lily Allen's dad?
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their rise has been pretty organic to be fair. We played with them a couple of years ago infront of 20 or so people. They have released a few 7" singles on Dance to the Radio, built up a fan base and thats the long and short of it.
To be fair
they've been playing a lot of low-key support slots around the north and midlands for a few years now. We put them on as a support act 14 months ago after seeing them play a Hot Renault Traffic club night a few months prior to that, and I know they'd been building up a following in Leeds beforehand.
Basically Robert, what you are saying is that because you don't come from Leeds and therefore didn't hear of the band until they broke nationally then they must be manufactured.
Does that mean us northerners/midlanders can adopt the same attitude towards London bands that we weren't aware of prior to getting signed too?
back catalogue
Let's see:
1. I'm Not Sorry b/w I'm Always Right
2. You Know I Love You b/w Wait For Me
3. I Found out b/w Left Alone & Hello (My Old Friend)
4. Romantic Type (this single, 3 bsides I can't be bothered to type)
and then there's the demos of In Your Trap, Don't Know How To Say Goodbye, I Feel Alright, Forever, Taking My Time, You Better Not Look My Way and Take Her Back that are floating around. There's some older stuff that doesn't get played any more that I don't really know and a couple of newies that I don't know the titles of beyond hearing them live.
So, that makes 14+ songs. For a band who haven't released an album yet, I'd say that was a decent "back catalog" (sic)
can't count
18+ songs
my
band once supported the pigeon detective at the cardigan arms in leeds. this was about 2 years ago. not many people were there.
i'm not keen on this single, but they have been around for ages.
who cares
how long they have been mates, if they are sheer products of marketing stategy, if you are completely satisfied by their musical nonsense, I feel sorry for you.