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The Xcerts – I See Things Differently
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In the sleepy town of Beth Page, New Jersey, THE XCERTS may as well have been The Beatles – British AND in a band?! It’s true what they say: Americans LOVE that kind of thing.
Staying in a dorm-like hotel room with a cosy kitchenette for two weeks and recording in a basement studio, The Xcerts’ second album had been coming together for around nine months. But a mere four weeks had passed since the band found out they’d be recording it with the mighty Mike Sapone (Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Public Enemy).
Their debut, ‘In The Cold Wind We Smile’, was recorded with Dave Eringa (Idlewild – ‘100 Broken Windows’) in Wales, and secured the band supports with Funeral For A Friend, My Vitriol, Fightstar, Feeder and Idlewild, and was greeted as warmly by indie-pop fans as fans of heavy rock. Labeling themselves ‘distorted pop’, they had a combination of sweetness and angst akin to a colder, darker, cosier Jimmy Eat World. This time around, though, The Xcerts are a much more ferocious beast – and they’re happy to admit that not everyone’s going to like it.
“If we didn’t sound different, I’d be worried,” frontman Murray Macleod explains. The first album was – as for most new bands – something of a ‘greatest hits’ from the band’s early years, when they were still finding their feet. This time, the album was almost entirely written in a six-week break between tours and as a result paints a much more vibrant picture; a single body of work that makes sense; a proper album that it would seem blasphemous to shuffle.
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NellyaNels
Отличная группа.
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H2ONeon
one of the best live bands i've ever seen
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chump86
obviously one of the best records i've ever listened to so far. fast and slow, loud and quiet. not to mention this absolutely perfect voice. goddamnit, i fucking love this.
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fuzzle3
Odd, Scatterbrain is like... my favourite thing ever. Each to their own I suppose.
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ChairmanBlao
I've tried really hard but I just don't like Scatterbrain. Any of it. Not one song but I love In The Cold Wind We Smile. Why?
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chump86
Briliant!
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fuzzle3
White Christmas cover is eerily good.
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Superbanane
Had some kind of private show yesterday in Warsaw, amazing.
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jossy99
Really hoping Tear me down makes it onto the January setlist
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kryptonite22
loving the alt versions on the slackerpop digi ep. also loving the fact that theyre supporting brand new in feb.
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bodyinflight
They are signed to XtraMile so they are indie really.
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IteImJames
This is GREAT
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Hanishi
FAVOURITE! And nope I don't think I'm gonna stop posting here any time soon, haha.
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thesuitdecides
Great band!! Feel free to check out The Suit Decides :-)
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Superbanane
FUCKING AWESOME
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bodyinflight
Easily one of the best bands in Britain even though they tend to support really CRAP bands... except Manchester Orchestra of course.
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Hanishi
Drinking In L.A. free download, all you need is your email! http://www.musicglue.net/thexcerts/downloads/
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stuboy19
Fuck AYE!
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fuzzle3
Not in Bath, but I will probably be attending in Norwich. Apparently they are supporting Manchester Orchestra on their uk tour too, which is awesome.
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Hanishi
Top listener for almost a month. Nothing's changed since my last comment here! Anyone else going to TBS at Bath? (:
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