I probably haven't listened to the new
Cribs album enough to merit a review but I'm bored and i I get bored words build up inside me and I end up doing something I regret. But I digress.
Ignore the Ignorant is the fourth Cribs album, and the first to feature former
Smiths guitarist
Johnny Marr. But you knew that anyway, right?
Despite what some people (read, boys on internet forums) are saying it doesn't sound like
the Smiths fronted by
Ryan Jarman. No. Although some of the riffs are distinctly reminiscent of Marr's old band (particularly the opening of
We Share the Same Skies, which reminds me a lot of
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby)
the production and structure of the songs mean it still sounds very much like
the Cribs.
Highlight for me so far is
City of Bugs on which Jarman seems to adopt a drawl very similar to that of his old pal
Alex Kapranos. Still it'll take a few listens to fully work it out. I know it will never be a patch on
the New Fellas, but it's certainly an improvement on
Men's Needs which despite Kapranos's production was in my opinion fairly dire.
Controversial, me?