Yes I found them pretentious because they went out of their way to be obnoxious pricks. It seemed definitely Maybe put on for selling themselves... Which is a bit crap because Morning Glory whilst a little derivative of the Beatles was still a startlingly great album.
Still recovering from Manchester Psych Fest. Loads of great bands that can loosely be described as psychedelic. Saw some 60s style French stuff; some west coast psyche pop, straight out grunge and a surprising amount of dance music. Not my usual thing but I was somewhat off my tits.
Most of you won't care, but after a couple of weeks of trailing it Linkin Park are livestreaming a secret show right now to introduce their new singer. It's a woman called Emily Armstrong and she's pretty good, I'm excited for them to tour. Looks like they also have a new album coming November 15th.
I was listening to their new song this morning, pretty determined not to like her (because, like a lot of people I adore Chester Bennington and feel like he saved me when I was a teen) however I thought she did a pretty good job!
Apparently on the live her voice was cracking a bit though so I'm not sure how she'll cope with the tour if that's the case. But I thought she sounded good.