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For Catfish and the Bottlemen, growth is measured along the scale of refinement, not ambition. The Ride, the 2016 sophomore set that follows their debut, The Balcony, by two years, finds the band still pledging allegiance to the rock & roll of Y2K, but their increased assurance underscores their debt not to the Arctic Monkeys but the Strokes. Honing the hooks and beefing up the production wind up whittling away whatever British eccentricities that were lingering on The Balcony, but where Alex Turner's crew followed Josh Homme down a desert rabbithole, this crew values precision. Usually, this means The Ride can pack a punch even when the guitars aren't cranked to the max: the open space of "Soundcheck" and the ringing jangle of "Postpone" sink their hooks in a way the faster, cloistered stuff doesn't. Then again, when The Ride does get loud it rarely feels raucous. Catfish and the Bottlemen hit their marks, rushing through their melodies but never taking it so quick that the singsong tunes don't stick, slowing down the tempo for needed breathers and ending the whole shebang with "Outside," an extended number designed to ratchet up expectations prior to the encore.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Johnny Bond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, Piano, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion - Geoff Neal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Hall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benji Blakeway, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Johnny Bond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion - Geoff Neal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Hall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benji Blakeway, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Johnny Bond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, Organ, Piano, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Neal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Hall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benji Blakeway, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Johnny Bond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Neal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Hall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benji Blakeway, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Johnny Bond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Neal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Hall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benji Blakeway, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Johnny Bond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion - Geoff Neal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Hall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benji Blakeway, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dale Norton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Johnny Bond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion - Geoff Neal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Hall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benji Blakeway, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Johnny Bond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Geoff Neal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Hall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benji Blakeway, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Johnny Bond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Marcussen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cameron Barton, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Monti, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Sardy, Producer, Mixer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Electronic Percussion - Geoff Neal, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Hall, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Catfish and the Bottlemen, MainArtist - Van McCann, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Benji Blakeway, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
For Catfish and the Bottlemen, growth is measured along the scale of refinement, not ambition. The Ride, the 2016 sophomore set that follows their debut, The Balcony, by two years, finds the band still pledging allegiance to the rock & roll of Y2K, but their increased assurance underscores their debt not to the Arctic Monkeys but the Strokes. Honing the hooks and beefing up the production wind up whittling away whatever British eccentricities that were lingering on The Balcony, but where Alex Turner's crew followed Josh Homme down a desert rabbithole, this crew values precision. Usually, this means The Ride can pack a punch even when the guitars aren't cranked to the max: the open space of "Soundcheck" and the ringing jangle of "Postpone" sink their hooks in a way the faster, cloistered stuff doesn't. Then again, when The Ride does get loud it rarely feels raucous. Catfish and the Bottlemen hit their marks, rushing through their melodies but never taking it so quick that the singsong tunes don't stick, slowing down the tempo for needed breathers and ending the whole shebang with "Outside," an extended number designed to ratchet up expectations prior to the encore.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:47
- Main artists: Catfish and the Bottlemen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2016 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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