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This City have been already been described in review as “like The Travelling Wilburys if it was made of members of Bloc Party and At The Drive In”. Maybe if you throw in the eyeball-popping nuances of Blood Brothers, the same turn-on-a-sixpence disco-jerk rhythms of the more danceable end of punk (think Les Savy Fav or !Forward Russia!), the impassioned cacophony of mid 80s Dischord Records-led emotional hardcore, the pop sensibility of tykes such as The Automatic and subtract the reference to Tom Petty and co, we might just be inclined to agree…
This City formed and reside in Brighton in 2006 having met at a tattoo convention. Since stabilising their line-up (their two previous drummers departed to join The Pipettes and Architects) they’ve quickly established themselves as one of the surest bets in the UK’s thriving underground.
Though they would surely cringe at the description, they’re one of those impossibly good-looking bands, five young men who look like they were born to share a stage with one another and who play with an almost telepathic ability. A blur of swinging fringes and speed-skinny legs, live This City are an engaging and explosive force.
With their US counterparts having had a monopoly on the anthemic, life-affirming end of hardcore for some years now, This City are part of a renaissance of UK bands who can’t fully relate to Stateside accents and songs about shopping malls (cf Gallows, Ghost Of A Thousand, Kids In Glass Houses etc) and instead are making the music that best represents their lives.
This City formed and reside in Brighton in 2006 having met at a tattoo convention. Since stabilising their line-up (their two previous drummers departed to join The Pipettes and Architects) they’ve quickly established themselves as one of the surest bets in the UK’s thriving underground.
Though they would surely cringe at the description, they’re one of those impossibly good-looking bands, five young men who look like they were born to share a stage with one another and who play with an almost telepathic ability. A blur of swinging fringes and speed-skinny legs, live This City are an engaging and explosive force.
With their US counterparts having had a monopoly on the anthemic, life-affirming end of hardcore for some years now, This City are part of a renaissance of UK bands who can’t fully relate to Stateside accents and songs about shopping malls (cf Gallows, Ghost Of A Thousand, Kids In Glass Houses etc) and instead are making the music that best represents their lives.
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Stubbgubben wrote:
We Move is actually kinda good.
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CantRemenber wrote:
i like this, sounds like ES tho (just the singer)
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Fran94 wrote:
buen grupo :-)
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jupsukka wrote:
...but I actually like them a bit. Not as good as Disco Ensemble or At the FUCKING Drive-in but still pretty good stuff.
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jupsukka wrote:
They sound like a Disco Ensemble ripoff.
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PrinzPipen wrote:
sounds like enter shikari or blackout argument! but sounds great! sit back! lay down!
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hallamainen wrote:
I agree with Hayano! If you like this, give a try to Disco Ensemble.
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Hayano wrote:
IMHO, sounds a great deal like Disco Ensemble.
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Rainway wrote:
@ AnarchyBurger - Agreed - Such an annoying spotify add! However, I will give them a listen anyway... if the bands mentioned in the description are anything to go by I could like this. ATDI, BB, BP etc are all bands I like... (I just have to avoid that annoying tune from the add).
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AnarchyBurger wrote:
Thanks to those 30 second ads between the songs I actually want to listen to on Spotify, I don't want to hear anything by this band. Ever.
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jflash29x wrote:
definitely sounds like a poppier version of at the drive-in. It's growing on me every time i listen to it
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vadimman wrote:
woah! in love with new album
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ParaUnited77 wrote:
I can't wait for We Were Like Sharks!! =)
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dane120 wrote:
Can any one send me time tonight and middle ground? X
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Ijux wrote:
new song can be downloaded for free at the epitaph official website
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whatKryssisaid wrote:
Lush.
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feebbz wrote:
awesome band (:
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matt1389 wrote:
found out about these guys supporting KIGH, they were very good for a support band. defo keeping an eye out for them in the future!
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mattiboi13 wrote:
unbelievable
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mattiboi13 wrote:
addition: unbeliable you only got about 13k plays. deserve more ;)
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With Loaded Guns full track | 3:35 |
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A + This City @ The Marquee NORWICH. 25th November
The Marquee, Norwich, United Kingdom
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O2 Academy 2 Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Greg9386 wrote about This City – With Loaded Guns in Greg's Weekly Playlist - October 25, 2009. last week
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