The Bloc Party tour is 'In Assiciation with Nokia'

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I stand corrected.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Tuesday, 13 February 2007 23:41 (seventeen years ago) link

assOciation.

― pisces (pisces), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 06:38 (seventeen years ago) link

has there ever been a year without a sophomore slump?

2003: the strokes
2005: the franz

im sure u can fill in teh blanks on either side.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 10:26 (seventeen years ago) link

2004 The Polyphonic Spree?

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 10:28 (seventeen years ago) link

the 2nd albums were probably better in strokes and franz cases tho

― resumo impetus (blueski), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link

neither had the impact of their debuts though which seems to be how it works with "indie" acts now. have one song that resonates beyond core consituensy (take me out, last nite) and see how far you can ride that.

― acrobat (acrobat), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:29 (seventeen years ago) link

2006: Scissor Sisters

― DavidM (DavidM), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:34 (seventeen years ago) link

i liked the lead singles off 'room on fire' and er 'the second album by franz ferdinand' more than those two, it's just that they failed to break large, and it is a similar syndrome at work. it's not overhyping that's the problem exactly, but maybe the array of non-music media outlets doing it.

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:35 (seventeen years ago) link

it feels like you get a leader in the times these days just for having your own myspace page blah blah blah

― temporary enrique (temporary enrique), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:36 (seventeen years ago) link

though to be honest bloc party never had a break out hit of l"ast nite", "take me out" proportions. tbh i think the kaiser chiefs could possibly have a second album as big or bigger than their first. not that i endorse that. totally disagree about the scissor sisters a slump maybe "artistically" but for ubiquity only "crazy" came close to "i don't feel like dancing" last year. razorlight have already had a second album biger than their first, i think "second album slump" only comes into play really when people have musical rather than comercial expectations of an act.

― acrobat (acrobat), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 11:51 (seventeen years ago) link

2007: not the shins

― Tyrone Slothrop (Tyrone Slothrop), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Why would it be? It's the Shins' third album.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link

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