Silent Alarm

I had never heard of the band before. The songs were ok. Nothing great or memorable about them. I will not revisit

Rating: 10/10

YES!! love banquet and this modern love, but the whole album actually blew me away. Great choice! 5 Still remember playing SSX on Tour on ps2 and loving when Banquet would come on.

At times sounds like The Architecture in Helsinki. Enjoyable, if not extremely similar to a ton of albums on the user submitted list (I guess we're all a similar demographic, eh?)

I just love this album. Listened to it so many times when it came out and it still hasn't lost any of its drive and urgency. Just the right blend of rocky-hooky songs with a slik production. Not a bad song on this album. These guys were on fire when they made this!

Good mix of rock and electronics.

Pretty interesting. A bit much of that British post-punk vocal affect that I just don't dig, but at least quite a bit of variety in the vocals.

Enjoyable album, maybe a hair close to a 3 for not being unique enough compared to the rest of the entries, but still good enough to hold the 4.

Reminds me of early Cure. Impressive drumming. Enjoyable indie rock that was a deserved hit in the UK when released. Proof that creative arty types (Kele) will always get heard and continue prolifically.

Really solid British alternative. It wasn’t doing anything new or groundbreaking, but the production, musicianship, and sequencing were among the best of its genre.

Bobbed along nicely. I prefer their more energetic tracks. Nice selection, I enjoyed the time listening to this.

very very good album

This was pretty good. It rocked hard and I was especially impressed by the drumming. It was maybe a bit much though, too overwhelming, not enough space between the notes, if you know what I mean. 3 stars.

These guys sound like the link between Blur and more modern groups like Squid, except they have this tendency to keep lapsing into this almost Coldplay like emotional stuff that prevents me from fully embracing it. Quite enjoy the more propulsive rhythm driven tracks though.

The dance-rock goodness clearly goes back right to the early 2000s. It's all here: accented vocals, bit of irony, hooks piled on crunchy hooks. At fifty minutes, the LP starts to fold over itself entirely uncalculated. Lyrics are functional in very much the same way.

An amazing early-aughts fusion of dance, hard rock, and indie that hasn’t been replicated since. The Strokes-like angular guitar licks, harder focus, and urgent lyricism make this LP feel immediate and fresh even today, and it still occupies a unique niche in indie culture untouched by other contemporaries like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. There is some unnecessary padding here and there within the shorter runtime, but for the most part this LP firmly believes in burning twice as bright for half as long and is all the better for it.

Liked it whilst I was listening, after completion I realised I couldn't recall a single song. 2.8

Objectively quite good, but not a record or band I have been able to feel a connection with. Rating: 3 Playlist track: Helicopter Date listened: 06/08/24

This was a pretty average alt rock album. Some of the songs sounded vaguely familiar but it was hard to say where I heard them before. This wasn’t anything amazing from the alt rock standards and it blends nicely with other 00s music. This gets the job done but it’s not something I’d be rushing back to listen to. 6.3/10

Indie Britpop, not my favourite style. This was unremarkable by its own standards. 2/5.

I like the style of vocal proposal, excellent instruments, however as it progressed it seemed inconsequential.