It is time for another music challenge. Go and listen to an album that you have heard nothing about and pick it solely based on the band name, album name or album cover.
This time around I went off Band Name and Album cover. The band was Catfish and the Bottlemen and the album cover was a drawing of an alligator biting his tail. My first thought based on this information was that this band must be a country band with some major redneck roots (and I mean that in a good way).
Well, that was not the case. Catfish and the Bottlemen are a four-piece band from the UK and their sound was not country at all. They remind me more of an indie type band so they could be categorized as an alternative band. The Ride is the band’s second album and follow-up to their album The Balcony. I think I will check that album out as well.
On my first listen of The Ride, I did not like the album overall. However, there were 3 standout songs on that first run through and they remained my standouts the more I listened. The songs were “Postpone”, “Oxygen” and “Red”.
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