Monday, June 21, 2010

Angry Since 1967 - New Album Released

The much anticipated new album from Angry Since 1967 "Because I Am Bored" has been released to rapturous applause. 


What the reviewers are saying

Uncut  
"This album defies classification. But more importantly allows us to engage in our copyrighted condescending superiority, crowbarring references to wilfully obscure bands into a review. Not because doing so provides any insight, or allows valid comparisons, but rather as an example of the depth of our musical knowledge. Of course you're not informed, or nuanced enough to have ever heard of, let alone listened to, any of the bands we refer, so this is entirely for our benefit. Why? Because this makes us feel better about ourselves and gives us a sense of self worth which is otherwise completely absent from every other aspect of our lives. So suffice it to say that while this is album is reminiscent of work by "Tiger Attack Plan Tiger", and East Coast obscurists "Inverted Cages" it surpasses both. Or it would if these bands actually existed. We just made them up, knowing you wouldn't notice. See? More proof of how utterly worthless you really are."

Mojo 
"Anything "Uncut" can do, we can do. But in a duller, more verbose and more patronising fashion, sweetie. Plus we have an an awards ceremony which gets coverage on BBC News, dear. And we give Life Time Achievement awards to people you thought were dead, luvvie. So ya boo sucks, mate!"

Q  
"This album is a lot of aul bollox, but as they are on this month's cover, and there's a 10 page exclusive interview, 9 pages of related advertising, a supplement, and some backstage passes with our names on them, it gets our default rating of four stars"

Time Out  
"They aren't from London. Haven't played in London, and don't sing about London. So far as we're concerned, they don't exist"

NME 
"The Smiths" blah blah blah blah blah "The Clash" blah blah blah "PJ Harvey" blah blah blah "Inverted Cages" blah blah blah fucking punk, right?"

Nuts 
"Tits" 

Zoo
"Arse"

FHM 
"Fanny"
  
GQ 
"Wank"

Kerrang  
"Yes we know the NWOBHM was 30 years ago but we're still not over it. And no we're not proud how we pretended to like fucking rap-metal, grunge, nu-metal, and the rest of the shit that's filled the intervening decades. Deep down you know it, and we know it. The music we loved died when Bruce Dickinson first left "Iron Maiden". So why can't you just leave us alone, and let us listen to our "Tygers Of Pan Tang" and "Saxon" albums in peace? KKKK"

Classic Rock  
"Can't I review the new "Uriah Heep" retrospective box set instead?" 

Record Collector  
"The limited edition, triple gatefold, pink vinyl, Japanese import is the one to buy. What does it sound like? What do you mean? There's music recorded on these things as well? Is that something new?"  

Classic Rock "Special"  
"It costs £7.99. Seriously. But before you screw your face up, just look at the packaging. Lovingly sealed in a a cardboard case? Sure that's brilliant. Okay you can't read it before you buy it, but it does come with some badly reproduced posters of bands you don't like, loads of advertisements, tat we found lying at the bottom of a drawer, a host of reprints and a "free cd" filled with mangled, sub karaoke cover versions of songs you've never heard of. I'm sure you'd agree when I put it like that, it's a helluva bargain. And even if you don't, once you've bought it there's not much you can do, as we have a strict "no refunds once opened" policy."

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:52 am

    "The limited edition, triple gatefold, pink vinyl, Japanese import is the one to buy. What does it sound like? What do you mean? There's music recorded on these things as well? Is that something new?

    priceless

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  2. Really good selection of reviews from all the top name magazines. How could anyone not buy this record? Sign me up for the pink gatefold!

    I'd love to see what The Fly would say on this matter... they probably "mentioned" it in their tiny paragraph of "Names To Watch" a good decade before the band formed.

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