'COS I'D RATHER GO BLIND THEN LET YOU DOWN

It's impractical, 

To go out and catch a death with a dress­ fit for the summer. 

So she don't, 

Instead she calls me up with a head full­ of filth. 

Yes I know, 

I'll never acquiesce anything I'm thinking, 

But let me know when I'm needed home.

If you know who sings these lyrics then you'll be able to hazard a guess on what this post is about. If not, no worries just read on because I plan on sharing. 

So, for a couple of months now, whilst sitting in my university room stressing over the dreaded upcoming third year pile of absolute shite that is about to be shovelled my way. The only thing that has - and will continue-  to keep me sane is Catfish and The Bottlemen (previously mentioned in my recent Royal Blood post). Their catchy-not tacky-but upbeat songs with poetic lyrics, sang with an edgy voice to juxtapose, is filled with the teenage angst we're all (and even if we're not teenagers any more) are feeling and craving. With songs about dealers, booze and sex, it's hard to not agree that they're representing our modern

youth - making us feel somewhat connected with our society. Connected that much so, that they start to remind you of the 'good old days' when you used to lounge about in baggy t-shirts trying not to get slightly emotional over the Kooks naive; or if you didn't do that, getting boozy down the local thinking you were the next Alex Turner (you wish). In some ways The Bottlemen are bringing back the good old style, the style of music we all miss. So with that, its understandable that this band is growing increasingly popular and at such a rapid pace. I know in my case that they're very quickly becoming one of my top 10 bands. I shouldn't admit this and it's lame I know, but I'm not ashamed to tell you that most of their lyrics may or may not have popped up as some (most) of my tweets recently. 

But moving on from me completely shoving my head up their arse - metaphorically speaking of course. It's now to announce the exciting bit… The four piece, all male band who are currently signed onto Island records, have - drum roll please-  just released their first album The Balcony, which FYI came out literally days ago. With this, I took the time out to give it a listen and as expected, it's incredible. But I know what you're thinking and before you moan and probably say something like 'you always say that'; I'm not the only one that thinks this album is going to rock the charts. In fact there has been a huge hype over it's release  recently over the social media (I'm surprised you haven't seen it!) so if you don't believe me, check twitter and Facebook out for yourself.  The album and the band are definitely one to watch and by watch I mean buy tickets! ( They're currently touring the UK, again another helpful heads up from me )  

So with that, I leave you with a sneak peak of the album, the album trailer in fact-