lol at ‘Strictly speaking not’
Their first album was on EMI, so definitely not indie in the literal sense.

They don’t even sound remotely indie.

Mainstream pop. The DJ would’ve been lynched if he’d put Duran Duran on.

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

Lots of fuss about Billy Nomates at the moment.

Didn’t like this on first listen. On second listen, it’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 “Indie discos”. Don’t be a pedant 😁

    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 Guardian’s ‘20 best songs of 2021’ feature.

      Lol!

        hugopal I did, although the track’s been being dropped in Scandal (an ‘eclectic’ night in Beijing) for months, it reminded of what a banger it is.

            Haven’t they only released two songs and are now the next big thing.

              hugopal Hugo, it’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 Soundsystem’s ‘Losing My Edge’.

              i.e. po-faced cunts who don’t like any fun in their lives

                  Dubman Haven’t they only released two songs and are now the next big thing.

                  Good of you to say that about me and Ed Smallman.

                  That’s correct.

                      Dubman Haven’t they only released two songs and are now the next big thing.

                      Only 1.8mil views on YouTube doesn’t quite point to that.