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Old 25-04-2009, 15:51
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Watched Later last night and liked this band but there is something bugging me about them.

Who do they remind you of?


They remind me of another band or several other bands and obviously they will have influences in their music and style.


The later site states The Strokes but i've never really heard much of them
http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/artists/hockey/
http://www.hockeyband.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/hockey (prepare your eyes )
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Old 25-04-2009, 20:26
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When I first heard "Too Fake", I thought it was by Hot Hot Heat...
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Old 25-04-2009, 20:41
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I've never heard their stuff. Any particular track that it sounds like?
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Old 25-04-2009, 23:30
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The general style is just pretty similar, in particular the vocalists sound v. alike.. Youtube don't seem to have their official music vids anymore (copyright issues maybe? ), except for this one... "Middle Of Nowhere."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64wOKm1FCfk
I'm sure they've a myspace etc. if you want to check out more of their stuff..
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Old 25-04-2009, 23:53
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Had a look at a couple of their vids and i'm not fussed. Strange how you can like a band but not another with a similar sound
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Old 28-04-2009, 14:31
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There's a decent interview with them here (complete with great headline):

Hockey couldn't give a puck about band buzz

I thought their songs were very much 'LCD Soundsystem meets Strokes', which is a great combination but felt a bit derivative. Though one of my friends saw them on tour and swears they're going to be huge, I guess I can see it with the first song they played.
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Old 28-04-2009, 14:32
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The general style is just pretty similar, in particular the vocalists sound v. alike.. Youtube don't seem to have their official music vids anymore (copyright issues maybe? ), except for this one... "Middle Of Nowhere."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64wOKm1FCfk
I'm sure they've a myspace etc. if you want to check out more of their stuff..
Oh, that website has Too Fake too:

http://video.stv.tv/bc/entertainment...ckey-too-fake/
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Old 28-04-2009, 20:38
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thanks for those links. I guess i'll have to check out LCD Soundsystem as well now
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Old 29-04-2009, 01:01
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I watched them on last weeks later and thought they were distinctly average to be honest.
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Old 29-04-2009, 01:29
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I saw their video for "Too Fake" on MTV2 a few months ago, and it's a really good song. The bass line alone is worth a listen. I thought their Later performance was pretty good personally.

They're supporting Friendly Fires on tour at the moment, and they're pretty good too.
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Old 07-10-2009, 19:14
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I got the album the other day and in regard of styles it's all over the place.

Electro pop, disco, funk, punk, rock, blues, country

It has some good tracks on it but Too Fake is definately the stand out track imo.

The lead singers style reminds me a little of Artic Monkeys and strangely, Jamiroquai
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