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New Music Initative 043; Tribes
Jan. 31st, 2012 05:03 pmMy first find of 2012 is Tribes. They grew up listening to the Pixies and Nirvana (I am old. They grew up listening to their dad's Pixies CDs; or perhaps more accurately, they grew up buying Pixies songs on iTunes).
As one of the Next Big Britpop Things, the media has been savaging them. Still for Pixies disciples, they have Black Francis's blessing (they opened for the Pixies), so there's something there.
It's hard to say(like so many newcomers) if they are a flavor of the Month or not. The media has them pegged as that (and though I give the band more credit- the songs are generally good- I doubt anyone will be waiting for the Tribes' third album).
Even still, I am digging them, and there's no doubt (even in January) that "Sappho" is one of the best songs of 2012. Critics do dismiss the Tribes as Libertine ripoffs, but Barat and Doherty haven't had a song this good in quite some time now.
As one of the Next Big Britpop Things, the media has been savaging them. Still for Pixies disciples, they have Black Francis's blessing (they opened for the Pixies), so there's something there.
It's hard to say(like so many newcomers) if they are a flavor of the Month or not. The media has them pegged as that (and though I give the band more credit- the songs are generally good- I doubt anyone will be waiting for the Tribes' third album).
Even still, I am digging them, and there's no doubt (even in January) that "Sappho" is one of the best songs of 2012. Critics do dismiss the Tribes as Libertine ripoffs, but Barat and Doherty haven't had a song this good in quite some time now.
