The Big Pink’s debut album was played to death by me, so I’m super excited that new material has begun to emerge. “Stay Gold” seems to have kept their anthemic noise intact, so far so good on first listen. Second listen reveals some ropey lyrics, which I’m just going to ignore because the chorus gets bigger each time you hear it, it really reminds me of something else though – any ideas?
**Edit** I went and had a shower, the chorus firmly lodged in my head – earworm alert!!
According to their tumblr, the album isn;t out until January. JANUARY!!! The Big Teases more like.
Also, they have a photo of a “Pop Kid” t-shirt posted up, ‘Spill points to anyone who can remember the band who put those out!! I’ll be mega impressed if any gets this!
too easy Blimps! I always wanted on of those Senseless Things long sleeves!
Mr Panther – how I love thee. You get six billion ‘Spill points, and a bit of a mosh round the living room.
I had two Things t-shirts, but not the Pop Kid one. I still have one of them.
I had my first ever snog at a Senseless Things gig (I think I mentioned this on the first Blimpcast, and played their song “Too Much Kissing”). God they were such a right band at the right time, for me.
I think the reason I liked Male Bonding’s first record so much is that it totally reminds me of them.
ST were one of my very first gigs too and one of the first times I got served beer! Despite the fact that I looked way younger than my already underage self.
Both me and my mate both wore plain white T-shirts ‘cos we thought they would absorb the sweat better (science was never my strong point) to prepare ourselves for the mosh pit. There was a drunk crusty who kept sitting on the floor in the middle of the mosh pit trying to trip people up and he scared the shit out of us! Good times!
the guitar line is very similar to a Horrors song…
I think I had two halves of Cider over about 3 hours. There was always at least one big huge topless sweaty dude in the pit at every gig I went to when I was 16, that you always ended up pressed against. Things mosh pits were so scary, once the whole crowd came very close to falling over when they took to the stage.
I don;t remember watching this episode of TOTP
Pop Kid t-shirt in full effect
that was ace!
Nice. All sounds a bit “Time to Pretend” to me, but that’s no bad thing.
Crikey – a Wavves song that I like!!
Whatever else will this evening have in store??!
..The Dum Dum Girls, I think I’m stuck in a retro guitar loop forever
This song is soooooo goooooood
Blimpy, as a matter of principle I’m not going to listen to this for a few months, because I seem to be a bit behind on your recommendations. I’m currently obsessed with Niney the Observer, I believe he was an earworm of yours? Have you heard this album
http://open.spotify.com/album/7DmtRa39umPE3qjYR9HmtB
It kicks ASS!
Not available in the uk!!! OW! (apart from 6 tracks) – it was an earworm of mine, and one that PJ Harvey sampled for her Mercury award winning record. I like his speaky bits the best. BLUD N FIYAH!!
I’ll just leave this here.
I’ve just twigged that the clever Big Pink fuckers are going to be all over the 2012 Olympic coverage, aren’t they? “Stay Gold. GOLD. Shine the light for us to follow” -cue slo-mo montage of Brit athletes passing the finish line …
I think you may be on to something there, but I think they’d make more money if they called it “Almost got a bronze, but buggered it up right at the end there”
The Big Pink are down the Athlete’s village right now, replumbing the taps to the British Team rooms with cocaine n steroids…
“Bronze. BRONZE. Better luck next time chaps”
Wild Flag are the only band dominating my earwaves at the moment…..so so good!
Aaah, this is the super group I have heard tell of, have they released anything yet?
The album has just come out yesterday (in this part of the world at least) and my LP should be winging it’s way to me in the next couple of days, i’ve had to make do with Youtube clips, but all songs i’ve heard so far sound amazing!
A glimpse of the stadium band that never was. Cass really batters the crap out the drums on this version!
why they weren’t globe-straddling rock stars is beyond me, it really is!
I stuck with them even as far as this:
Yeah I had the Jolt too!!
Shame Keds got into all manner of bad things and hasn’t surfaced yet. The others did a lot better in comparison.
Oh, I like this. Strangely reminiscent of the Pink Fairies, but I’m not sure why. Very good.
Senseless Things, I meant.
Donds for Wild Flag. New Marling has escaped too. The one I’m waiting for is Veronica Falls.
Donds fro new Marlsome. Sigh, she’s so lovely and amazing…
Nothing wrong with Big Pink, but it’s no Withered Hand is it?
Starting to think that 2011 has been a bit fallow for new stuff. PJ winning the Mercury for example, perfectly good album, but not one for the ages.
It’s not, no. I did see WH a few weeks ago and he only played one new song, I know he’s had trouble with scrapped recording sessions, but there HAS to be some new stuff soon!! I doubt it’ll be this year though.
this year so far has been The Pains Of/Ringo Deathstarr/Reverieme/Dum Dum Girls/Marling/Jonnie Common/KC/EMA/Yuck and lot a lot else really.
The Big Pink …wors song ever