I've been feeling rather nineties lately, I guess it won't be long before I get bored enough to do a nineties compilation podcast. Somewhere last week, somehow the name My Vitriol popped into my head, and I ended up checking out their videos again. Even though chronologically they're more a noughties band, I guess you could situate a band with some Foo Fighters riffs and shoegaze influences in the nineties and get away with it. This London-based band released FineLines in 2001, and played some big gigs, although they arguably weren't the right band at the right time, battling the forces of nu-metal. I always feel that the singer of this band is like a Brian Molko that isn't butt-ugly.
Anyway, the singles are still good, Moodswings being my favourite, and Always: your way being the most succesful. According to Wikipedia, they went on hiatus at their peak, and are now back to recording records and playing shows. Good for them!
Speaking of Brian Molko, does anyone even remember the follow-up single to their breakthrough single, "Nancy Boy"? It was called Bruise Pristine, and even though it's hardly their best single ever, it showcases what the primordial Placebo was all about. Mainly teenage angst I'm guessing. Check it.
Staying firmly in the nineties, I think most people of my age still have fond memories of the Troublegum record by Irish band Therapy? . Biggest bum-out regarding this band is that they'll always be remembered by Diane, even though that song illustrates their good choice in cover songs (Huskur Du and Joy Division), it doesn't really illustrate the impact their debut album had on the adolescent mid-nineties generation. They released a string of follow-up records but most of their fanbase had moved on, although they're still rocking and playing smaller festivals around Europe. They toured with Helmet once, and only recently, I've come to notice the similarity in some of their use of start-stop riffs. "Stop it you're killing me" and "Femtex" below. "Masturbation saved my life" is a pretty funny opening line.
And closing off the nineties chapter for now, the debut single by Garbage. Garbage will always be Butch Vig's band, even though their choice for Scottish Shirley Manson as frontwoman turned out to be a good one. Clearly still struggling with the rock and roll pose in the video for "Vow" though. Best Garbage single ever, "I think I'm paranoid" coming in as a close second.
Closing off, I forgot about the new Balthazar single when discussing the new singles from Belgian bands in my previous post. I quite like the new track by these local (relocated to Ghent) hipsters (sound quality is mediocre):
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