Product Description

'New Fellas' is the second album from Yorkshire-based indietriplets The Cribs. Expanding on the template of their first album, 'New Fellas' tips its hat to acts such as Hefner and The Beatles, retaining a power-pop sound without losing its lyrical edge. Includes the singles 'Hey Scenesters' and 'Mirror Kissers'.

Track Listing

1. Hey Scenesters!
2. I’m Alright
3. Martell
4. Mirror Kisses
5. We Can No Longer Cheat You
6. It Was Only Love
7. The New Fellas
8. Hello? Oh…
9. The Wrong Way To Be
10. Haunted
11. Things Aren’t Going To Change

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5913 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-20
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
On The New Fellas, Wakefield brothers The Cribs come on like Pavement if they'd been born in Northern England, raised on caffeine and cigarettes, and spat out into the world with a song in their hearts. And, it would seem, a chip on their shoulders: listen to the opening "Hey Scenesters!", a rowdy take-down of trend-chasers that sees frontman Gary Jarman sneering "Did you see his clothes?/ Everyone said he looked like a mess, yeah…" over some neat, choppy New York punk guitar strokes.

In all honesty, The Cribs aren't light years from the current rock hierarchy: the likes of "Mirror Kissers" and "We Can No Longer Cheat You" barrel along in a neat simulation of The Strokes' metronomic rhythm and stabbing guitar lines - although there's no faulting those broad accents. What they do have, however, is an endearingly caustic wit that elevates them above many of their straight-faced peers. Who knows, though - the hipsters might just hear a line like "Take drugs!/Don't sleep!/ Have contempt for those who read!" and miss the irony altogether. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Great
Finally, a proper "indie" band, tunes and attitude by the bucketloads.

However you feel about their anti-mainstream views, you have to agree that rarely does a band release a second album with so many stand-out tunes; the new-scene-bashing "Hey Scenesters!" and the intense "Mirror Kisses" being my favourites.

In my opinion the strongest of the three albums and the best way to get into this great act.

The most underrated band in Britain?
After seeing the Cribs twice, and thinking they were fantastic, I finally bought "The New Fellas". I can safely say it's been one of the best albums I bought for years. I felt compelled to write a review as these guys are easily as good as fellow Yorkshiremen Kaiser Chiefs and other bands in that similar genre.
Yes, you can compare them to the Strokes, but I've found they're as anthemic as the Arctic Monkeys and as melodic as the Libertines (who I miss greatly).
This album is packed with singalong choruses, and is a delightful little hidden treasure. The band are not to be missed live- see them before they get the recognition they rightly deserve!

One of the best albums I own.
The Jarman brothers come out on top again in their second album, brilliantly produced by Edwyn Collins (Never Met A Girl Like You Before). It starts off scuzzy and caustic on Hey Scenesters! The twins mock the hard-living crowd on I'm Alright Me, and the "wo-oh-oh-oh" refrain on Martell is catchy as hell. Another pop gem from the Cribs comes in the form of Mirror Kissers, and then they take it down a notch with We Can No Longer Cheat You - often prefaced with a snippet of Huggy Bear's Concrete Life on tour.

Incidentally, the Cribs are one of the best live bands around, even indulging fans with b-sides, and invariably Ryan will pull a crazy stunt, start bleeding or kill your ears with feedback at the end; or Ross will play drums standing up on his drum stool. They're really not to be missed, especially for the school disco theme a lot of their gigs have, with disco balls and 80's music between bands all around.

The songs continue in the same vein with It Was Only Love, and then go back to familiar territory on the title track, the New Fellas. Next is Hello? Oh... and then The Wrong Way To Be, almost as heart breaking as it is nuts, with the Jarmans putting down the 'scene' way of life, and then rapping over the end 'you know it's not right but it's something you life.'

The album hits a bit of a low note on Haunted, but it does have Ryan playing the accordion on so that must count for something. It all ends, as quickly as it began, with the brilliant Things Aren't Gonna Change.

Fantastic album, fantastic band - if you like this you simply must check out their debut album and separate single You're Gonna Lose Us. The majority of their b-sides are fantastic as well.