Question to ILM'ers, especially those who like: Les Savy Fav, Gang Of Four, Modest Mouse, Dismemberment Plan, Wrens

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find a minute and listen to audio streams of this Polish, Warsaw-based band, The Car Is On Fire, who has released their debut in May. We have a big internet discussion whether they're just a blend imitation of post-punk and indie cliches or they're something else (what?). Tell me, what you think. Thanks

Yeah, I know it's a quote from GYBE.

― so what?, Tuesday, 6 September 2005 11:46 (twenty years ago)

Well, the vocalist is even more annoying than Travis Morrison, because on top of that, guy's voice has an Offspring quality.
Mm, initially bad.

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Tuesday, 6 September 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)

Very nice songwriting - decent new-wave pop melodies and Les Savy Fav-inspired guitar hooks. Saw a gig in Sweden, very young band, could be promising. Samples also available here http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7z841vy5zzpa

― wesley, Tuesday, 6 September 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)

>Well, the vocalist is even more annoying than Travis Morrison, >because on top of that, guy's voice has an Offspring quality

and besides the voice, which is a matter of very personal preferences?

― so what?, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 09:07 (twenty years ago)

(spot the vocalist!)

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 09:17 (twenty years ago)

(they've uploaded 2 complete songs in the media section. very good imo)

― michal, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

a really classic, band that combine the classic post-punk sound of the killers, the strokes etc, i would check them out!

― pascal, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

Yes I just saw these band tonight,I recomend them to all fans of the classic new wave punk sound,the singer is terrific and there songs are timeless I can wait for an album to come.

― Tan, Wednesday, 7 September 2005 23:10 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone logged-in like them?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 7 September 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

This thread strikes me as very Marissa Marchant-esque

― Mickey (modestmickey), Thursday, 8 September 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

FUCK YOUR BAND

― huell howser (chaki), Thursday, 8 September 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Well.. I'm not quite sure if anybody actually 'heard' them? Because as funny as it may seem, this Polish (weeeird) band released one of the strongest postpunk albums in 2005-- full of tight, focused (to the point of bursting) songs, based on powerful melodic hooks. I too think that they're not good singers, though. But it's somehow beyond the point, I mean - a lot of recently hyped 'indie' bands from Britain/US sing even worse and they still should be ashamed of themselves when compared to this.. Also saw them live and they just burst with passion, while the new songs for the second record go for a slightly different territory, and still are pretty fantastic.

I recommend checking their new single 'Miniskirt' for beginners, and before posting like 'fuck you' or so, you better give it a fair try -it's worth it. One can wonder how many people will include this album in their 'end of year' lists - possibly not many, since not many sources on the net mention the curiously omitted band at all.

― Priason Jestley, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

http://credit-find.com/images/Stelth%5B1%5D.gif

― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

Well, exactly ;-)
I'm glad that you summarized yourself effectively in one picture, Abracadabra.

Anyone who smells a conspiracy in promoting a young band from Poland(which doesn't have other chances to get attention) on ILM - should see a doctor as soon as possible...

These guys deserve listening at least; you'll do what you will, but someday remember I told you :))

― Priason Jestley (Priason Jestley), Friday, 9 December 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

They kinda suck, which is a matter of very personal preferences.

― alex in montreal (alex in montreal), Friday, 9 December 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

Personally, I prefer music that doesn't suck.

― a Side-walkin' Street Wheeler (aaron ef.), Friday, 9 December 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

pitty almost nobody knows them, the sound of self-titled isn't that cool, I agree, but their songwriting still makes them better than most of the lately-hyped post-punk bands.

check this song and then you may judge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPeKCmSvw4o

― Norm, Friday, 12 May 2006 11:13 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um_p5LPaWUo

they have the new single and 2nd album is coming very soon

it's way better than the first

― pyotreck (pyotreck), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

very personal

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 11:28 (nineteen years ago)

I've been hearing a lot about this band...mostly on this thread.

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 11:47 (nineteen years ago)

that new songs sounds like something the Dismemberment Plan wrote to be played over the opening credits of a terrible anime

(there's also something in the synth pads and the chord progression and the bassline that makes me think of Tortoise? maybe? can't quite put my finger on it, and I don't plan to listen to this song enough times to figure it out)

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 12:17 (nineteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

a really classic, band that combine the classic post-punk sound of the killers, the strokes etc, i would check them out!

-- pascal, Wednesday, September 7, 2005 11:07 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link

HAHAHA OMG

― stephen, Thursday, 20 September 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

two years pass...

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), wtorek, 10 październik 2006 12:17 (3 years ago) Bookmark

In some way you were right with the influence, The Car Is On Fire latest album 'Ombarrops!' was produced in Chicago, by John McEntire of Tortoise. 2 singles are on myspace and iLike.com if anyone's interested.

― vilo, Saturday, 7 November 2009 14:41 (sixteen years ago)

sigh

― cutty, Saturday, 7 November 2009 19:12 (sixteen years ago)

wtorek, 10 październik 2006

― call all destroyer, Saturday, 7 November 2009 19:13 (sixteen years ago)

I heard 2 of the members from The Car Is On Fire are complete d-bags, like hit on your girlfriend and then throw up in your bathtub style. Also heard that the bassist organized dog fights

― nearly one-third of a man (Z S), Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:28 (sixteen years ago)

i dunno these guys really combine new wave pop melodies w/ les savy fav-inspired hooks imo. totally recommend them to any fans of the classic post-punk sound. i've participated in big internet discussions whether they're just a blend imitation of post-punk and indie cliches or they're something else (what?) namely a classic, band who released one of the strongest postpunk albums in 2005-- full of tight, focused (to the point of bursting) songs, based on powerful melodic hooks.

― mark cl, Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:35 (sixteen years ago)

the singer is terrific and there songs are timeless I can wait for an album to come.

― mark cl, Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:36 (sixteen years ago)

Where can I find these big internet discussions everyone keeps talking about?

― nearly one-third of a man (Z S), Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:40 (sixteen years ago)

before posting like 'fuck you' on one of the big internet discussion boards you might want to wonder how many people will include this album in their 'end of year' lists - possibly not many, since not many sources on the net mention the curiously omitted band at all.

― mark cl, Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:43 (sixteen years ago)

http://i34.tinypic.com/erwex3.jpg

DANGIT

― nearly one-third of a man (Z S), Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:45 (sixteen years ago)

http://i38.tinypic.com/1zlboyv.jpg

VERY INTERESTING

― nearly one-third of a man (Z S), Saturday, 7 November 2009 20:46 (sixteen years ago)

ehhghhh bummer dude there's even more"

http://i36.tinypic.com/34yycr6.jpg

― mark cl, Saturday, 7 November 2009 21:00 (sixteen years ago)

fuck this band imo

― mark cl, Saturday, 7 November 2009 21:00 (sixteen years ago)

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