Track Listing

1. Alpha Ways
2. Always: Your Way
3. The Gentle Art Of Chocking
4. Kohlstream
5. Cemented Shoes
6. Grounded
7. C.O.R
8. Infantile
9. Ode To The Red Queen
10. Tounge Tied
11. Windows and Walls
12. Taprobane
13. Losing Touch
14. Pieces
15. Falling Off The Floor
16. Under The Wheels

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62519 in Music
• Released on: 2001-03-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.co.uk Review
Hailing from the same University Of London digs as Coldplay, and reaching for the mantle of Yank-inflected indie-rock when the muscular jock-rock likes of Limp Bizkit are in the ascendancy, youthful Brit-rock four-piece My Vitriol should really have found this debut album business a bit of an uphill struggle. Somewhat surprisingly, though, they've delivered the goods; at its best, Finelines suggests the dynamic scissor-kick choruses and sleek power-pop of the Foo Fighters, as envisaged through the effects pedals of My Bloody Valentine sound-alchemist Kevin Shields--the spirit of shoe-gazing spiked with guts, adrenaline, and adolescent fantasies of towering walls of noise. Thankfully, too, this is far more substantial than many debut albums; more than just a smattering of hit singles amid a sea of filler, Finelines is pieced together by slick segues and thoughtful sequencing. Even the effortlessly pop moments, such as roller-coaster-grunge peaks "Always: Your Way" and "Losing Touch", don't show up the occasional mellow forays into creeping-feedback guitar ambience. Any criticisms? Only that the reedy vocals of frontman Som Wardner lack a certain soul, making the actual emotional viscera of Finelines a little indirect. Still, on the basis of this fine debut, there's no reason why My Vitriol couldn't be serious "Voice Of A Generation" contenders. --Louis Pattison

CD Description
Debut album from young British group, combining impassionedpunk rock and shimmering guitars. Includes the singles 'Losing Touch', 'Cemented Shoes', 'Pieces' and 'Always (Your Way)'.

Customer Reviews

Just Buy It.
This band combine the angst of placebo, the sing-a-long factor of green day and the pure rock power of the Smashing Pumpkins. If you've ever heard of any of these bands, you should get it. In my opinion, the best songs are the ones which are deep and yet have you singing along before the end of your first listen, i was singing along to "always:your way" during the first chorus. This album filled a gap in my life that i didn't even know i had.

An amazing record...
Firstly I would like to say one word: "WOW", this album has it all, pure, beautiful, loud, amazing, lush, mean, emotional, happy, sad, etc... The album is one of the finest I have heard for years, it really is something, Som Wardner is clearly a amazing songwriter, his lyrics and vocals are both pretty and indepth. An amazing band to witness live, real power and energy in their set, a real gem of band who have yet to get the attention that they really deserve. Fav tracks from the album: Always, Cemented Shoes, Grounded, Losing Touch, Ode To Red Queen, Tongue-Tied (AMAZING), Pieces, etc.. I really cant choose my fav! The future looks peachy....

the essential album of 2001
my vitriol, the most exciting and innovative band to grace my ears since nirvana or the smashing pumpkins have come up trumps with this lp. it has always been my view that in order to be rated as a classic album, each song should have its own style and that not one should be any better than another. this album succeeds in that. from the anthemic always:your way, the rocking losing touch, or the wonderfully melodic pieces, not one track is at fault. som and the gang have already, after only being around a couple of years, managed to master the art of the live performance, with astonishing results. infectious records have a habit of finding new refreshing bands, and they have certainly found one here. dismiss the travis onslaught, the stereophonics snoreathon or the snarling of oasis, this is the band all of britain should be supporting, making them as big as the beatles. after all they deserve it. you may have heard the hype, believe all of it. this is astonishing stuff. not even the white stripes or the strokes match their raw energy. this is the album of 2001