Thursday, December 12, 2019

What Ever Became Of Those Likely Lads?

Nothing beats the sheer euphoria of having your skull caved in by stranger's elbows whilst having your eardrums pierced by the lyrics of your favourite song bleeding through the speakers a few metres in front of your face.

Welcome to The Libertines.

It'd be incredibly difficult to even attempt to fathom a music scene that wasn't stormed by the creative majesty of Pete Doherty and friends, where would we be without the Anthems that fuelled our doomed youths?

For Fans Of: The Strokes, Dirty Pretty Things, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Nirvana

The Lib's headed up the post punk revival with aid from The Clash's Mick Jones who lent a helping hand with their first two studio albums. The lads debut, 'Up The Bracket' was released when I was a mere toddler, and not discovered by myself until around 13 years later, and since then I've had a good amount of time to dissolve myself into their music, romanticise with their discography, have their lyrics tattooed on my brain, and fall in love with their infectious aura.

UTB was closely followed by a raging self titled sequel in 2004, overflowing with heavy tracks and even more influential lyrics, and after more than a decade long hiatus, 'Anthems For Doomed Youth' rocked the music world and satiated the need for a long overdue re-emergence of the London hailing band.

Support: Whenyoung and Trampolene