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: Criminally undervalued in the U.S., Queen records from ’86 onwards were mega-hits everywhere else, but largely forgotten in America. These were the records I grew up listening to, and I prefer them every time over their much-loved earlier catalog. Innuendo is, without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest record I have ever heard. I know it inside out. I have listened to it a million times and still listen to it at least once a day!
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWMqyzvfU_Q
