March 26th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2008, Scouting For Girls
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Scouting For Girls are releasing another identikit single on April 10th called Heartbeat. Oh boy, I can hardly contain my excitement or, indeed, my bladder.
And why should I hold back the putrid waves of urine? Because Scouting For Girls are surely taking the piss with this blander-than-bland nonsense. Simon Reynolds over at DS poses an interesting question:
how long can Scouting For Girls push this factory-line indie sound before their fans tire of it?
The thing is, there’s not even a pretence of coming up with an original song. Each single they’ve released over the last few months has been a watered down regurgitation of the one before it. Heartbeat is just awful, and no amount of positive spin can change that.
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January 15th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: Scouting For Girls
I read an hilarious review of the Scouting For Girls album over on Drowned In Sound today that riffs on about ‘Mondeo Pop’: described as ‘indie with a mortgage’.
The reviewer, Carrie Bradshaw Layfield lays into the band in a big way, and puts her many points across with an enthusiasm and flair which I just had to share with you guys.
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January 5th, 2008 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2008, Scouting For Girls
Hot on the heels of She’s So Lovely, Scouting For Girls deliver yet another up-tempo indie anthem.
Let’s forget that those thick Northern accents drive me psychotic at the moment and concentrate on the song. It’s virtually identical to the last one. Except with a different chorus.
No matter what the subject matter, Scouting For Girls seem to play to an upbeat, cookie-cutter style that has nothing to do with the lyrics. Their unshakable belief in big dumb repetitive choruses is obvious in both Elvis Ain’t Dead and She’s So Lovely.
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October 8th, 2007 by Gerard McGarry. Tags: 2007, Scouting For Girls
The BBC Radio chart blog has summed up the Scouting For Girls single very well by suggesting that there’s a new era of Britpop emerging:
There’s the Feeling, Kate Nash, the Hoosiers, Jack Penate, this lot, the Maccabees, that Mika fella (I know, move on)…and they’re all making upbeat, uptempo, quirky pop which is stuffed with pretty harmonies and summery joy.
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