Why would they be jokes, though? Their lyrics are really wonderful ("We think there's future in the f***ing, but there is no f***ing future") and they come up with wonderful pop hooks.
They're like an angrier, more exciting Blur, to me.
To the center of the city in the night, waiting for you.
I'm cool with that.
To the center of the city in the night, waiting for you.
I don't know about the music here, but those lyrics are indefensibly awful! Are people incapable of writing angry or satirical lyrics that don't sound immature as all Hell?
I suggest everyone check out Soap&Skin. This is a terrible live, but her music is awesome. Sort of like a funnily accented Cat Power (she's Austrian) singing melodramatic piano ballads.
Well, everyone, prepare to have your guts kicked out by folk singers...
I recently discovered a band called "Dengue Fever" - Cambodian flavoured psychadelia...I heartily endorse!