# You must listen to this band.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-listen-to-this-band/258620>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 6, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-listen-to-this-band/258620 "2004-08-06T14:28:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-listen-to-this-band/258620/1 "2004-08-06T14:28:29Z")

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Delays.

Buy the album _Faded Seaside Glamour_, or failing that beg, borrow or legally download the single _Long Time Coming_. Your life will be better. Guaranteed.

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**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-listen-to-this-band/258620/2 "2004-08-06T14:45:52Z")

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What if I don’t like rap with a modern bluegrass edge to it? 😕

That’s a subtle hint for you to _tell me what they’re like_. If some utter barking stranger came up and recommended an album, I would be more inclined _not_ to buy it, unless I had heard a few songs off it. So: what are they like?

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-listen-to-this-band/258620/3 "2004-08-06T15:33:43Z")

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Ha… sometimes I like it when somebody hands me a CD or sends me an MP3 and just says: “Hey, listen to this!”. It’s, y’know, a surprise. 😉

What do they sound like? Hmm, indie guitar I _suppose_, but with falsetto vocals, some synths etc too. I have heard them compared to the Cocteaus but I am not too familiar with them so can’t comment on that.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-listen-to-this-band/258620/4 "2004-08-06T15:52:15Z")

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> [@Jurph](#):
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> What if I don’t like rap with a modern bluegrass edge to it? 😕

Then you’re a complete Philistine, duh.

I went and read a description of the band, and they really don’t sound like something I’d enjoy. Since I can’t easily find a sample, I think I’ll pass.