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25th January 2007, 1:28pm
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| | Bring the heid o' charlie Editor
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| Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
Nu folk, is like new rave in that it doesn’t exist and nobody is buying it. Relentless probably want Seth Lakeman to be a poster boy for this scene but what they are left with is not a trail blazer, just a troubadour with a fine line in melodic traditional song writing. Seth Lakeman’s King And Country unlike his previous and wonderful Lady Of The Sea, sounds like a dull retread of British folk singers long dead rather than a bright pop song with folk roots that made Lady Of The Sea such a gorgeous surprise. The lyrical tangent of an English maid in the civil war will make you snore but Seth’s delivery vocals are as competent as ever, even if everything else about it is half baked.
Alkaline Trio’s Hell Yes, is a good burst of slightly frowning pop punk and a good step above in rocking quality compared to My Chemical Romance who also have a single out this week. The track is typical urgent American rock fare, but telling a rather bleak... | 
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29th January 2007, 12:07pm
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| Re: Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
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Originally Posted by Jenpot  Were Alkaline Trio just compared to MCR? | They're both vaguely punky American acts who had singles out last week, that was as much as they were compared, if I even compared them at all | |
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29th January 2007, 12:10pm
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| | Piranah
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| Re: Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
....Apologies if that seemed a bit jump down your throat-esque, I was just appalled they were in the same sentence.
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29th January 2007, 3:35pm
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| | Kurwa
Join Date: May 2001 Location: Merton Hotel
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| Re: Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
Dunno why. A lot of similarities I'd say.
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29th January 2007, 3:39pm
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| | rebel hiss
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| Re: Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
Klaxons are great, they make me laugh. | |
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29th January 2007, 3:47pm
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| | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
I only recently realised that the ‘new rave’ tag is entirely down to the fact that they play a lot of covers of old rave choons. | |
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29th January 2007, 3:50pm
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| | rebel hiss
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| Re: Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
Even better, then. Seeing as I was way too young and way too living in another country, I'm gonna get me some day-glo hoodies and whistles and fucking DANCE man! | |
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29th January 2007, 4:11pm
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| | I hate your band SuperMod
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| Re: Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
Soundtrack to my schooldays, so it was. Chart-friendly rave and classic rawk made for an unholy mixtape or two, I can tell you. | |
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29th January 2007, 4:13pm
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| | Better not to err
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| Re: Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
Really? (Thought you were older than that.) | |
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29th January 2007, 4:26pm
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| Re: Singles: Seth Lakeman, Alkaline Trio, Lady Sovereign
I was entering my teens during the acid craze. Had smileys on my shoelaces an’ everything. We might have lived in the country, but our Friday lunchtime school discos rocked to the sound of The Beatmasters and P.P. Arnold. | |
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