Tuesday, October 19, 2004
October 7: Athlete and Shed Seven
Happened to be in Austin today, and you know what that means: I raided the $1 discount British singles bin.
These two bands offer a good contrast in how & how not to release a good CD single. Athlete, who are sort of a Beck-wannabe band from London that have some undeserved critical hype behind them, offer up the single, a halfway decent b-side, and then a crappy remix of the single. Not cool, not even for only a buck.
Shed Seven, on the other hand, give you the single, two original b-sides that are almost as good as the single, and then a cover of David Bowie's "Jean Genie." Now that's bang for your buck!
Yet Athlete got nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, and Shed Seven have broken up. I guess this proves that the single no longer matters.
These two bands offer a good contrast in how & how not to release a good CD single. Athlete, who are sort of a Beck-wannabe band from London that have some undeserved critical hype behind them, offer up the single, a halfway decent b-side, and then a crappy remix of the single. Not cool, not even for only a buck.
Shed Seven, on the other hand, give you the single, two original b-sides that are almost as good as the single, and then a cover of David Bowie's "Jean Genie." Now that's bang for your buck!
Yet Athlete got nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, and Shed Seven have broken up. I guess this proves that the single no longer matters.
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