The Courteeners: Manchester's Musical Messiah's
Academy 2 peformace (from BBC)Since a little band called Oasis swaggered onto the music scene over a decade ago and promptly left a gigantic legacy, many bands have attempted to take that throne- in recent years I can highlight a few: Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and The Libertines, all of whom made valiant attempts but have thus far failed. To be fair to them, whilst these bands have the tunes, none of them have quite fill the character-void left when brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher toned it down a bit. Alex Turner, whilst being a lyrical genius, isn't exactly the most thrilling of characters, The Libertines weren't together long enough to make an impact and Kasabian's Tom Meighan has come the closest but he still doesn't match up to the combined impact of the Gallagher brothers. In Liam Fray of The Courteeners, however, we may just have found someone with all the tunes as well as the attitude.
Let me explain- The Courteeners are the brainchild of Liam Fray, a one time acoustic singer songwriter who started the bands with local Manchester friends a couple of months ago. He was making huge waves before The Courteeners, though- he's been compared to Morrissey in his lyrical prowess by big names such as John Squire (of Stone Roses) . They've only released one song commercially so far- Cavorting- which was on a limited release. Full of no-nonsense lyrics and natural vocals, it's already a huge favourite at their gigs. And that brings me to their live performances... well, lets just say they managed to sell out Academy 3 in their hometown Manchester, before they had actually released any material. On top of this, most of the people there knew the words to all the songs, half of which haven't even been committed to disc yet... that's what you call a buzz. However, let me just say, go and see them before they're snapped up by some huge identikit music label: once they're commercialised I doubt you'll ever be able to see them perform live in the same way again...
Cavorting can be bought nowhere, because it's really good AND rare... (check out the £30 ones on eBay if you're really desperate). Check out their MySpace page here
Let me explain- The Courteeners are the brainchild of Liam Fray, a one time acoustic singer songwriter who started the bands with local Manchester friends a couple of months ago. He was making huge waves before The Courteeners, though- he's been compared to Morrissey in his lyrical prowess by big names such as John Squire (of Stone Roses) . They've only released one song commercially so far- Cavorting- which was on a limited release. Full of no-nonsense lyrics and natural vocals, it's already a huge favourite at their gigs. And that brings me to their live performances... well, lets just say they managed to sell out Academy 3 in their hometown Manchester, before they had actually released any material. On top of this, most of the people there knew the words to all the songs, half of which haven't even been committed to disc yet... that's what you call a buzz. However, let me just say, go and see them before they're snapped up by some huge identikit music label: once they're commercialised I doubt you'll ever be able to see them perform live in the same way again...
Cavorting can be bought nowhere, because it's really good AND rare... (check out the £30 ones on eBay if you're really desperate). Check out their MySpace page here
I don't think Courteeners are any that good, but you can come and discuss on liveon35mm.com and enjoy a set of exclusive B&W pics of the band live on stage.
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