Track Listing

1. Armistice
2. Try not to think
3. 100 weight
4. Junkies and whores
5. This is where I stand
6. Stain to never fade
7. Demons
8. By the sea
9. Bleach
10. You and me
11. You were right

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8813 in Music
• Released on: 2002-06-03
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Many bands are formed in turbulent times, but more often sheer boredom is the catalyst. This is the case with Easyworld, who hail from Eastbourne (a town of "no music venues and about 150,000 retirement homes") and their debut album, This is Where I Stand. Fronted by singer/guitarist/songwriter Dav Ford, Easyworld's closest musical cousins are Muse and JJ72, who employ a similarly clear, high-pitched and melodramatic vocal, as well as stop-start power-pop tactics. But Easyworld avoid the depths of self-pity plumbed by Muse and are even, on occasion, quite cheerful.

"Try Not to Think", concerning true love on a provincial Saturday night, is genuinely charming and impressively well-written ("She finds it hard to breathe / She writes his name in steam"), proving Ford is a songwriter to watch. Other highlights include the title track, in which Ford sings a pyrotechnic hymn over a distant, dirty riff that seems entirely inappropriate but eventually mesmerises. Then there's comedy sex song "You and Me" (a well-timed shot of humour), the punchy single, "Bleach", surely the chirpiest tune ever penned about quaffing Domestos, and "By the Sea", where Ford's voice takes off over a melancholy piano (and weirdly, he sounds not unlike the Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraser). On the downside, there's a little too much Radiohead in the tinkling and chiming intros, and several songs never rise above the mediocre. This is a more-than-fair debut, nonetheless. --Dominic Wills

Customer Reviews

great indie rock.
i borrowed this cd from my sister and she didn't see it again for the next 3 months till i bought my own copy which rarely finds its way out of my cd player. Best tracks 'try not to think', 'stain to never fade' and 'demons'. This album is the best indie rock i've bought in ages (shame they broke up- check out david ford's solo album). i'd say their closer to the style of placebo than muse, they aren't quite that heavy. If you like this you might like Everclear or Idlewild.

just amazing
If you buy nothing else this year, then make sure you buy this amazing album and the new one out in february. The album is in the same vein as JJ72 and on many tracks including armistice, the better tracks of the (also amazing) Cooper Temple Clause first album, "See this through and leave."
All the tracks leave you feeling good and this album is a very good buy with great melodies, riffs and fantastic lyrics.

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet
i bought this album through reccomendation, and hadn't heard anything from easyworld, and i wasn't expecting anything like this. from the first second to the last, this album is generally great. standout tracks have to be try not to think, junkies and whores and this is where i stand. dav's voice brilliantly complements everything about the band's music, and there is some SERIOUSLY good songwriting going on here.

i cannot fault the album at all, but i can fault some of the reviews it has had. the only resemblance this band has to muse is that the lead vocal is quite high pitched. so it may sound very slightly like some of showbiz, but there's no apocalypse please's in here. i would describe them more as hundred reasons mixed with placebo, to give an indie/pop/punk generally feel.

damned good, buy it!!