Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - C/D?

Though they cannot do song titles for shit.

perhaps if blinded during a motorcycle accident they might appreciate how important hearing actually is, but since they don't care they're thugs who don't give a damn about you -- if you can get close enough then gob them -- isn't their stance so backwards, so dumb ? these pricks casually regularly inflict permanent hearing damage on "friends" -- they've just got to be too dumb if they're doing this

reject thuggery in rock music -- NOT COOL, JUST STUPID -- eg mixing guys who've lost their hearing so they want you to lose yours too -- sack these old school morons or better, give them some of their own medicine

but, even if their name is toungue in cheek, or just because of the J&MC cool dark trappings, they _will_ fuck up innocent curious young people interested in y'know, whatever

just because they're naive doesn't mean these wanna-be-cool concert- going youngsters deserve permanent hearing damage from lazy sleazy (but hey, tounge in cheek !!) cynical misanthropists, and that's before the kids even start to take the music seriously and get even more screwed up -- i mean they won't even be able to hear the important lyrics properly with just a dry run at the gig

The BRMC album feels really flat- I listened to it at least 4 times, trying to differentiate the songs, but they kind of all blurred together.

They also sing about Jesus a lot.

George, this is perhaps the best thing you've ever written - amazing.

So for me, they're a dud.

Ooh, I mean I liked it very much!

Wow, this band is so marginalized there's not even discussion on ILM about their last couple of albums? Not that they're genius or anything. Actually, "Baby 81" was really weak but "Beat The Devil's Tattoo" was solid if a bit of a retread.

I only have their first album. it is good.

I like the moodier stuff on the 1st LP best. "Rifles", "Awake", "As Sure As The Sun"...

people really do hate them dont they.
however, i just know that when beat .. drops to a fiver in fopp i will buy it.
they are one of those type of bands.
i wont deny that there are some days when i really like their monochromatic mood-n-groove, but do i actually need to have another album ?

Maybe I finally grew more tolerant of these guys that the news of a new album actually kinda interests me. At least just to play as background music, like I'm doing right now -- new album streaming in full

http://blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com/specteratthefeast/

Actually maybe not in full, but definitely a number of tracks. Kinda sounding a little late 90s Verve at points (definitely with some of the vocals) with slightly more gazeyness. Hmm.

blimey - never expected that from you ned.
despite the fact the cover has some colour on it (ooooohhh .. ), i'll still be getting it ..

i know this corner of the wire hate this band.
however, the new album is a bit of a grower.
oh and peaky blinders vs BRMC = AV perfection.

"Echo" off the new one is a lovely song.

The first album is a perfect amalgam of their influences and the post-punk revival of 2001, it has aged well. The second is basically the same, just less memorable. The third, "Howl", is a band taking chances - an acoustic blues set that's really great. After that they went back to recycling themselves and I lost interest.

I like the new album! I almost posted about it in an "embarrassing confessions" thread that I think was active here a few weeks ago but can't find now. I don't think I could mount a defense of this band -- in fact I'd probably concede every criticism in this thread -- but I thoroughly enjoy their first three records. Pretty much concur with GMBB's assessment above. I continued to follow them after Howl but nothing they've done since has held my interest until the new one. The one exception being "All You Do is Talk" from Baby 81 -- I still play that song constantly and find it oddly emotionally affecting for reasons I don't understand.

Highly recommended if you like this sound: second album from Chile's La Hell Gang, Thru Me Again.

https://lahellgang.bandcamp.com/album/thru-me-again

I heard “Awake” on the radio for the first time in 15 years or so and was surprised by how much I liked it.

well i never.
i am not totally alone.
'baby 81' is the forgotten child of their catalogue.
i f&ckin love it.

Awake fucking rules!!