subject: You Can Bet your Poker Chips These Bands Love The Smiths Pt. 2 [print this page] Bands have been ripping of The Smiths for years now, from Belle & Sebastian to Radiohead to Arctic Monkeys, their influence spreads far and wide. Many of these bands have similar singing or guitar tones to The Smiths, and while they may not like the comparison, they are definitely indebted to the work that The Smiths put in and paved the way for them to have successful musical careers. Here is a list of the best new bands that you can bet yourpoker chips have listened to The Smiths more than most. The Twilight Sad The Twilight Sad is a loud and powerful indie rock band from Kilsyth, Scotland who play a racous brand of melancholy music indebted to Arab Strap, The Smiths and Leonard Cohen. On album their sounds are more precise but in a live setting they let loose with a wall of sound that reaches new levels of cathartic melancholy. Their newest record is Forget the Night Ahead, a collection of vague and emotional songs that singer James Graham said was influenced by his depression and terrible experiences in the past year. He did not go into details so youll have to listen to the album to understand where he is coming from. Northern Portrait Following up two exceptional EPs last year, Northern Portraits have released their full length Criminal Art Lovers at last and it is the most undeniably Smiths influenced record on this list. The complex, jangly guitar parts and the plaintive, wobbly vocals are all there in the new album with the band almost sounding like they are trying to do their best impression of The Smiths. Nonetheless, they do have their own sound as seen on tracks like Crazy which was a highlight on the bands earlier EP. There is a certain regality to the band that is fresh in these times of overblown albums (and personalities.) Northern Portrait wont change the world with their music but they can just transport you to another time and place, and honestly, sometimes thats all you need.
You Can Bet your Poker Chips These Bands Love The Smiths Pt. 2
