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The Boy Least Likely To - The Best B Sides Ever
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"Our last album was meant to be our 'angry' album," the Boy Least Likely To announced in a recent tweet. For guys who introduced themselves to the world by asking us to be gentle with them, "angry" is a relative term. The story of the UK indie pop duo's wonderfully ramshackle 2005 debut, The Best Party Ever, is something like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah without the New York media glare or square-baiting obliqueness: from homemade 7"s to Oscar-night soda commercials, all in a few short years. 2009's The Law of the Playground adds depth, if little breadth, to their near-perfectly realized birthday-party aesthetic, while among the professionally hip, admitting your own insecurities remains as frowned upon as ever. When your entire band concept is based around identifying with the sensitive but neurotic outcasts, your B-sides better damn well bring your A-game. The Best B Sides Ever doesn't disappoint. Originally bundled with Rough Trade Shop pre-orders for The Law of the Playground, and now available only at independent record stores, this slight but almost wholly satisfying disc is well worth any TBLLT fan's recession-pinched dollar. With two revealing covers and originals that at times rival their A-sides, singer/vocalist Jof Owen and multi-instrumentalist/composer Pete Hobbs keep their hearts precariously on their sleeve and their production colorfully ramshackle. Yup: acoustic guitar, banjo, synths, recorder, xylophone, stuffed-animals-on-parade drums, and whispery singing. Dudes who hate this shit and anything else that smacks of wimpiness, you can buy two and say it's for your sister. Deep down, you're one of us, too....full text |
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| Baeblemusic |
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Not ones to leave any of their songs behind, the world's friendliest band, the boy least likely to, have compiled their favorite b-sides and rarities from their debut album 'the best party ever' in a limited edition compact disc entitled 'the best b-sides ever.' So, in connection with Junketboy, +1 Records is proud to present the seven songs on this ep, all gathered in one place, for the very first time in the US. Starting today, June 30th, 'the best b-sides ever' will be available exclusively at all fine CIMS (Coalition of Independent Music Stores) locations nationwide and will NOT be sold digitally. So, a vote for 'the best b-sides ever' is also a vote for your favorite indie record store. Go out and make your voice heard, we say. If the cover art looks vaguely familiar, there's a reason why, explained singer / lyricist Jof Owen. We were thinking that because b-sides are usually songs that don't make it on to albums or aren't good enough to be a-sides, that we would remake the original cover for 'the best party ever' but with characters that were rejected from the original drawings we did for being too ugly or weird. He added, I think parties full of rejects and weirdoes are often the best parties of all anyway. The CD includes rock upon a porch with you, and their beloved cover version of faith by George Michael, along with five other songs only previously available in the UK on b-sides of singles. Full tracklist below....full text |
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| Stopme |
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The Boy Least Likely To, purveyors of the finest Pop music, have made a superb track called ‘When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Boy Again’ available to download absolutely free! It was on the flip-side of 2006’s finest Pop song ‘Be Gentle With Me’ (Check that out too, by the way!) and is included on their brand new appropriately titled compilation ‘The Best B Sides Ever’. Here’s the link:...full text |
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