Aaron1

Great record, Feels Like We Only Go Backwards was a good choice of single.

Well with this promise of coming of age, what a load of tripe. Their first was full of catchy tunes. This is full of annoyingly catchy bollocks. Also, has the lead decided to not sing anymore?

I thought it'd be a good idea to have a thread where people can put links/videos of the music they've just discovered, rather than people starting new threads all the time. I'll start it off with - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqU-ccMN0VE - really enjoying this at the moment.

Mercury list is supposed to be for bands that have broken musical boundaries. Sometimes bands break both musical and SALES boundaries and can't be ignored (Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons etc in the past). Popular albums like Florence etc are just standard in terms of music, shouldn't be on the list.

Agreed.

Can't wait for this, Foals are class.

They're really good, need to get my hands on the album.

Thought I'd dig this up as I started a thread but nobody seems to have got involved. Really impressed with what I've heard ( http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/watc...sement-sessions ) and going to catch them live very soon. :)

I've added a link to the initial post now in case people can't be bothered to search!

Trying hard not to read threads on it, as I'm trying to not watch any episodes then watch them all at once at the end (as I did with Series 1). It's so hard to hold out though.

I've been casually watching whenever I see it's on, I like it more than I thought I would.

Not sure what that means but it's nothing like Humbug. Humbug was a clear change of style and direction, and this is a debut album full of acoustic country rock songs. Anyway, the album is good in my opinion. Lots of filler on there (14 tracks is way too long for a debut for me, unless you've REALLY got the goods), but there are some real standout tracks.

Good news that they're back. TLF didn't hit me at first but I think it's just one of those albums. The more you go back to it over time, the better it gets.

Got this after reading about it on here a week or so ago. So good. Good work guys!

Surprised Arcade Fire we THAT high with Funeral, but it is their best album at least. Good to see Kanye high on the list, too.