New Romantic, Grant.

lol at ā€˜Strictly speaking notā€™
Their first album was on EMI, so definitely not indie in the literal sense.

They donā€™t even sound remotely indie.

Mainstream pop. The DJ wouldā€™ve been lynched if heā€™d put Duran Duran on.

Another litmus test is if more birds than fellas like it, itā€™s not indie either.

Lots of fuss about Billy Nomates at the moment.

Didnā€™t like this on first listen. On second listen, itā€™s actually a proper banger.

bosstrabs when I was studying at Leeds, I never heard that track at Basics, Ronson, Hard Times and Vague but kept hearing it at ā€œIndie discosā€. Donā€™t be a pedant šŸ˜

    Prob best to post a few LCD Soundsystem/New Young Pony Club/The Bravery tracks

      9 months later

      hugopal let me guess, you just read The Guardianā€™s ā€˜20 best songs of 2021ā€™ feature.

      Lol!

        hugopal I did, although the trackā€™s been being dropped in Scandal (an ā€˜eclecticā€™ night in Beijing) for months, it reminded of what a banger it is.

            Havenā€™t they only released two songs and are now the next big thing.

              hugopal Hugo, itā€™s just a stupendously banging indie disco floor filler.

              The kind of people who would consider this naff would also have hated CSS, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and LCD Soundsystemā€™s ā€˜Losing My Edgeā€™.

              i.e. po-faced cunts who donā€™t like any fun in their lives