Is this where I mention that I've been reviewing S.C.U.M since 2008?
They used to be very 'art'. Most of their sound was one big cloud of reverb. Now they've gone all Echo & The Bunnymen...which isn't a bad thing.
It's certainly a better reference point than The Horrors, which is the comparison that always gets trotted out. I think people just make that reference as a kind of default, because one of S.C.U.M is the brother of a Horror, and it saves doing any actual thinking.
Just as well none of them are related to Susan Boyle, I suppose.
S.C.U.M do seem to be picking up some, erm, baggage as they go along, though. I realise that's not a polite way to speak of Pixie Geldof, but when I heard that the singer was stepping out with her, my first thought was that the band was trying a bit too hard to tick all the alternative-celeb boxes!
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Date: 2011-12-17 11:15 pm (UTC)They used to be very 'art'. Most of their sound was one big cloud of reverb. Now they've gone all Echo & The Bunnymen...which isn't a bad thing.
It's certainly a better reference point than The Horrors, which is the comparison that always gets trotted out. I think people just make that reference as a kind of default, because one of S.C.U.M is the brother of a Horror, and it saves doing any actual thinking.
Just as well none of them are related to Susan Boyle, I suppose.
S.C.U.M do seem to be picking up some, erm, baggage as they go along, though. I realise that's not a polite way to speak of Pixie Geldof, but when I heard that the singer was stepping out with her, my first thought was that the band was trying a bit too hard to tick all the alternative-celeb boxes!
My latest S.C.U.M live review.
My review of their album (scroll down a bit). I included the video for 'Whitechapel' - probably their most Bunnymen-esque song...