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The Pigeon Detectives - Emergency
| Yahoo |
| First things first: The Pigeon Detectives are still sporting one of the worst monikers a band has had the sheer effrontery to trot out in an effort to get noticed. Granted, it's not as bad as Arse Full Of Chips, Raw Poo or indeed Tommy Schitt & The Punishment Fu*kers (yes, these groups do exist) but the feeling that here is a handle that was supposed to have been changed before 2007's debut, "Wait for Me", was sent to the pressing plant remains inescapable....full text |
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| Nme |
| Ah… remember 2007? The dying days of Blairism, that soggy summer, yet more footballing disaster for the home nations? The year The Pigeon Detectives played every festival known to man, released four singles and managed to score a chart-hugging platinum album out of it with their brand of definitively-’07 spiky terrace-rock? Seems like it was just yesterday, doesn’t it? Well hold on to your dentures, gramps, ’cos The Pigeons are finally back! No-one was expecting Matt Bowman’s gang to cloister themselves in a studio for eight years of sampling Kieran Hebden chewing celery, but 363 days between albums?...full text |
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| Guardian |
| If nothing else, you can't fault the Pigeon Detectives' willingness to graft. The Leeds quintet's second album arrives less than a year after their debut. A cynic would say that's probably just as well. The indie bubble that bore them to fame has got to burst soon, and the Pigeon Detectives' place within the pantheon of platinum sellers looks shakier than most. Their early champions were the Kaiser Chiefs, but it's tempting to wonder if their support didn't have an ulterior motive....full text |
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