St. Jude

The Corteeners debut from the indie landfill era. Holds up a lot better than some of their contemporaries at the time, but still fairly generic for the most part. Rating: 2.5 Playlist track: Not Nineteen Forever Date listened: 01/12/24

The songs are ok, but the vocal performance is poor. Just not that interesting.

This was a typical 2000s British indie rock album. It owes most of its sound to the early 2000s British alternative scene with influences from Britpop and New Wave. The lyrics felt very forced to me. There were some very clunky rhymes that took away from the songs. Overall, nothing here stood out as new or groundbreaking.

Forgetful.

Bland music with a bad singer.

Do you like The Libertines? Well this band sounds exactly the same. (I don't like The Libertines)

Totally unremarkable in every way. It's not offensive it just sounds like every other British indie rock band ever.

I’m actually kind of surprised this wasn’t on the original list.

Anyone who had to live through the noughties can still have their PTSD triggered by this sort of bland landfill indie. There's a road in China paved with the remaindered CDs of this dreck, and even then, the road feels bland and predictable.

They do not have a great vocal voice and yet their vocals are too high for the music, which makes the songs tired or dull.