Band Sound and Influences
When the band first emerged on the indie pop scene, they were pigeonholed with the 'twee pop' movement, as a result of their lively, joyous music. The band have worked hard since their 2008 debut, Hold On Now, Youngster, to shake the image of this. With their second recording, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, critics generally applauded the band for adopting a new, darker guise. This continued through their following two albums, though whilst expanding the band's instrumental sounds.
As a band, they have before claimed to be heavily influenced by Pavement, Modest Mouse, Guided By Voices. Blur, The Beautiful South, Xiu Xiu, Broken Social Scene, Built To Spill, Sonic Youth, Pulp, Belle & Sebastian, The Magnetic Fields, Joy Division and The Smiths, amongst others. Whereas they cite the literature of B.S. Johnson, obsessions with death, and football as their non-musical influences.
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