The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love

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A Brief History of Love is the debut album from British electro-rock duo The Big Pink. The album is set for release on September 14, 2009 on 4AD. The Big Pink signed with 4AD in February 2009, and won the prestigious NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act. The band were also named as "one of the most likely breakout acts of 2009" by the BBC.

1. "Crystal Visions" 5:48
2. "Too Young to Love" 4:09
3. "Dominos" 3:46
4. "Love in Vain" 4:08
5. "At War with the Sun" 4:11
6. "Velvet" 4:12
7. "Golden Pendulum" 4:37
8. "Frisk" 4:42
9. "A Brief History of Love" 4:53
10. "Tonight" 3:35
11. "Count Backwards from Ten" 4:08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA3twi3iSNQ

"one of the most likely breakout acts of 2009"

I quickly read that as "one of the most likely acts to break up in 2009," which may not happen. But I suspect they'll never make a second album. The first three tracks on the album are from the original batch of songs they put out there in 2008, and I think everything else has been written since. None of it's as good. And most of it is actually dismal compared to where they began.

they are a 4AD band and i hope great things by them, just found the album so i will see.

i also really like this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGnNlQ-KNv4

It sounds like Kasabian

they are a 4AD band

What the hell does this even mean anymore?

really nothing, just remembering back when that label only put out amazing stuff.

doesn't really sound like kasabian at all. great record with some killer singles.

Don't know why I can't embrace this full-on, because it seems custom tailored for me. There's just a hollowness to it that I hate (the earliest songs excepted).

this is being released tomorrow in America. i love the two songs that i have already posted and holding out hope for the rest of the record.

the drum loops of that second song youtubed above sound a bit dated (like early 90s). was interested to hear these guys after reading their interview in the stool pigeon and all the JMC comparisons.

first song sounds dated too. but then maybe its just already time for early 90s revivalism.

i like the big gazey tracks but the rest is pretty darn drab tbh

it's like the sexual confessions of an unrepentant asshole played over an unreleased instrumental album by curve.

Hated this when I first heard it, but on second listen, the videos linked above sound OK. But still, something seems to be stopping me from loving them, and I can't quite put my fingers on it. I think the lyrics to "Dominos" might not be helping. And the whole naked-woman-as-packaging gimmick just really bothers me - I know that kind of thing really shouldn't interfere, it should be about the music and nothing else, but still. The older I get, the less patience I have with that kind of thing.

Is Hoxton Shoegaze an official genre now?

Apparently it's called "dreamwave" now, or, erm, something.

it's like the sexual confessions of an unrepentant asshole played over an unreleased instrumental album by curve.

this is completely and utterly otm

kinda happy this band seems to be on the way to obscurity already

Just listening to this album now, R grabbed it... it's not bad, its very UK 90s gazer/buzzpop innit? His vocals aren't doing much for me, theyre a bit Verve/Oasis for me.

I only know that Dominoes song cos it's played about 5 times every advertising break (can't remember what it's actually advertising tho), doesn't sound shoegaze at all, more like some crap like the Feeling or something.

EAT PIZZA AT DOMINOES! DOMINOES!

Was finding the album inconsequentially pleasantish until that Dominoes song came on, then I realized I wouldn't be coming back to the album ever again.

as soon as ive listened, it's been too long

if they licensed to dominoes that would redeem them though

So the first two songs on the new one are pretty good, but the rest is pretty meh.