In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull (Wichita), the follow-up to 2009’s enormously successful Ignore The Ignorant, represents a physical return to the Cribs’ original band-of-Brit-brothers format—Gary Jarman on bass/vocals, his twin Ryan on guitar/vocals and younger sibling Ross on drums—after the departure of the massively influential Johnny Marr. The Smiths guitarist added sinewy guitar and a palpable sense of maturation to the Cribs’ already potent sound, and given the new LP’s blend of visceral raw-punk energy and full-bodied pop melodicism, Marr’s two-year tenure with the band left an obvious mark on it creative approach. Gary will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our recent feature on the Cribs.
Jarman: Tampasm were an all-girl glam-punk band from ’96. My school band opened up for them when I was 16, and it was the most exciting thing ever. They seemed scary but were really nice to us. They released a few killer seven-inches and then signed to a major for the album. We had it on order at HMV and were waiting eagerly for it for months. Eventually, the order was cancelled due to the album being shelved. We felt pretty screwed as we never got to hear the album by our favorite band of the time, which I think was our first inkling that the music industry can be a pretty screwed-up place.
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