CD:
01. We Are The People
02. Calling Out For Days
7" Vinyl 1:
01. We Are The People
02. Calling Out For Days
7" Vinyl 2:
01. We Are The People
02. Somewhere To Call Your Own
Download:
01. We Are The People
We Are The People is Feeder’s (count them) 26th single release and the first from their delicious new album ‘Silent Cry’.
An odd choice maybe for a single, and an even odder one for a first single - you get the feeling that Tumble & Fall’s bizarre success in the charts had something to do with it, because We Are The People is to Silent Cry what Tumble & Fall was to Pushing The Senses. And except for its album beating b-sides, it’s hard to understand quite why Tumble & Fall did so well in the charts. It was a bit like Hamilton Academicals getting to the World Cup Final and playing Brazil. It didn’t really deserve to be in there, but it was and that confused everyone. Maybe Echo snuck out and bought back all the copies they put on sale, or maybe all the other CD Single manufacturing plants for that week’s releases simultaneously burnt down in an FFS Pro Boards-esque ‘fire’. Either way, success was there’s and it tasted sweet as cake.
Despite charting at #25 (the lowest first single charting position since Day In Day Out way back in the 20th Century) We Are The People actually did quite well too, with hard-copy sales putting it at a far more respectable #6 in the UK Charts – and only digital sales letting it down. This brings us on to the biggest of all gripes we have with We Are The People – digital sales were almost non-existent because the digital content was non-bloody-existent.
The option to download We Are The People was largely irrelevant without any B-Sides, since everyone who would have downloaded it had already either bought the CD, pre-ordered the album or downloaded it illegally last January, yet B-Sides weren’t even an option. This is the first review we’ve ever written where we still haven’t heard all of the content of the release, since ‘Somewhere to Call Your Own’ sits ‘exclusively unplayed’ on one of the two 7” vinyls now gathering dust on the top shelf – a victim of a modern household who’s record player hasn’t worked since sometime after the Jacobite rebellion. Vinyls are great to collect and are good at lying around the house making you look like you’ve got a real music collection whenever you throw a house party, but keep exclusive content off them please and we won’t hate you so much for releasing them for every bloody thirty seconds.
Despite WATP’s chart failings, it’s worth bearing in mind that whilst Feeder have a decent track record of first singles, with Buck Rogers, Come Back Around and Tumble & Fall all doing reasonably well, they have an even better track record of second singles, with Insomnia, Seven Days, Just The Way I’m Feeling and Feeling A Moment all doing better. So there’s still hope yet - fingers crossed for Itsumo or Tracing Lines to sort that out next time around, but overall we’re quite pleased with the direction the new campaign has taken so far. Yes, ‘We Are The People’ probably is one of the weaker songs on the album, but then, it’s a very good album, so it’s not saying much.
It’s a lively but harmless track that has a good rhythm about it - a really good crack at doing something epic, and probably the most political Grant’s ever been, with lyrics finally about something rather than nothing, and without all the usual coming back, coming around, coming back around, fading out, fading to grey, turning to grey, calling out, calling out to grey, calling out to come back from fading to grey, etc. etc. It’s actually closer to previous single ‘Save Us’ in sound than anything on the new album, but bridges the gap well and dismantles the opinions of those who described Feeder as a schizophrenic band who change the direction of their music every five minutes.
Calling Out For Days, the one B-Side we can listen to without travelling back in time to the 70’s, is ‘OK’ - ‘OK’ like a blueberry muffin as opposed to a chocolate chip muffin, but not a song that will capture the hearts of too many people. At least not in the way a chocolate muffin would do. It has some good build up sections, but falls short with a repetitive chorus that just shimmers away from exciting just when it looks at it’s most promising. Which is a shame because the buck well and truly stops there when it comes to bonus ‘stuff’, because outside of WATP, one B-Side and one song that might not even exist for all we know, there’s absolutely bugger all else.
No videos, no documentaries, no lyrics screens, no live tracks, no acoustic tracks, no starving third world children, no nothing. Even the Tangerine single gave us more content than this, and that cost the same as a Big Mac. Stick Grant’s acoustic cover of Johnny Cash’s ‘Hurt’ on there and everyone would have been happy. Stick Grant’s cover of Johnny Cash’s ‘A Boy Named Sue’ on there and Coldplay may as well give up their music careers and open up a burger stand on the M25.
Maybe we’re wrong, but wasn’t that dodgy YouTube video of the Grinch driving around in an old Cortina that won the Miss You video competition supposed to be included on this single? If it was and it was taken off, good. It was rubbish and we’d have only whinged about it if it had been on there, anyway.
Once again, all pre-ordered copies of We Are The People came signed by a different member of the band, which is nice, but makes you wonder if their signatures are actually worth anything anymore with almost every album/single/promo/poster/banjo arriving with the band’s autographs plastered all over them. I’m actually starting to get a little paranoid that maybe I have Feeder band members following me about during the day with black felt tip pens. Maybe Echo should resolve this by axing the whole album and single artwork thing entirely for future releases and just slip a blank cheque in the CD case instead.
Speaking of artwork, the lovely black and gold designs and symbols are some of the best we’ve seen in years and work really well to make the single look sexy like it has actual music on it you can listen to. Unfortunately they’re spoilt by a large clip-art picture of a crow on the front that seems to have no bearing or relation to the rest of the art direction at all, like having kit-kats on toast, or something. Maybe they had some crows left over from the Shatter artwork they needed to use, but some moody black and white photography as seen in The Singles campaign bordered by some black and gold trim and stylings would have been totally fucking awesome. A bit like kit-kats and toast, but not necessarily together in that order.
6 / 10
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'Tracing Lines' release date has been moved from 11th August to 25th August. More to wait! :(
A good thing is that you can download 'Somewhere to Call Your Own' by digital download.
I wonder if the next single will come out on a physical copy as well as a digital one...I hope it does...
New single is on the Feederweb:
http://www.feederweb.com/releases.php
What the f. The Forum just went down.
oh go on stace, listen to it on the bus... just don't sit next to me while you're doing so!
That is possibly my favourite review...of anything...ever.
I'm never gonna be able to listen to Miss You without laughing away to myself ever again. Maybe i should avoid listening to it on the bus then...hmmmn.
and FFS does it again, brilliant review
(and thank god, someone else agrees that Songs From The Crypt was a much better title idea!)
I'm curious for that review too... I hope FFS will write a good one.
Will we be seeing a Silent Cry review soon?
Nice banner ;D
You're forgiven xD
Feeder! Feeder! Feeder! Feeeeeeeder!
sorry guys, mad moment :P
Bloody hell, I hate it when a decent album like Feeder's doesn't get well known. I guess give it another month or two, it will probably get more popularity when an advert pops on TV or something.
Agree... Feeder need to come to Australia. If small little indie artists can make it over here, why can't feeder?!
What happened to the lyrics page? Is it being updated?
I love Feeder's new album :]
what i hate is that i live in Australia and they havent toured here since 2000 i think its time for another visit its been so long and its time to come back around again.
what marcus said its so true...plus they deserve more then what they got now but hey at least there selling records and got a good fan-base too
thanks Rach :)
Yeah Suey, it really annoys me, EVERY TIME Coldplay put out an album there's this big media fanfare, but when it's Feeder it's all hush-hush in comparison :-(.
Nothings funny about a mean review when it's band you like. Why is it when Feeder get bad reviews the writer really, REALLY rips into them?!, it don't happen to other bands. Pathetic and childish, that's what it is.
er... yes. Leo's post was so good he had to post it twice.
Chloe, I love yer tour diaries. Ace reading!
I just listened to the album for the first time there now and i blew off a load in my underpants
I just listened to the album for the first time there now and i blew off a load in my underpants
Feeder photos from Proud Galleries online now at ThrashHits.com
cheers
Raz
it´s a good record, but since Jon Lee was gone, the band has lost the typical "feeder-sound". YESTERDAY WENT TO SOON" is the best record...cheers from germany.
got the Deluxe version and have been listening to it ever since monday! Great album :)
just bought We are the People off iTunes. i love these guys =)
I've just got the new CD, oh... it's marvellous!
It's so great to hold a new Feeder record in my hands! These are the beautiful moments of life! Cheers!
*shouts* :D
I like this album, lots!
Silent Cry in my hands baby! The three years were worth the wait.
Got my deluxe version through the door today :D
Must say though, the bonus tracks aren't really anything special...oh well, so happy to have the CD in my hands.
Whats with the xmas decorations at the top of the page? ;)
ooooo its all pretty! ta for putting my diary up dude :)
Ooo a new look...very swish!
Love the new look! Looking forward to the reviews...
DJ Rodney Bingenheimer on KROQ in Los Angeles played "Into the Blue" on his show. That was pretty cool to hear.
calling out for days is quality! haven't heard the other bside though cos my parents record player is bust :(
Miss You was on Euro 2008 yesterday. There must be a Feeder fan at the BBC!
summer of sport coming up though, euros, olympics and wimbledon.. bound to be some feeder music in the background there ;)
Thats a shame, cheers Nance
Not sure there will be a TV ad. The Singles had one because of the EMI collaboration...
Yeeeehhhh.
We're back on
I meant TV advertising, It's just that I am sick of seeing the ad for the new Coldplay album,
How awesome was Bristol! Who's The Enemy, MPD, YWTS, Insomnia, High, All My Life crowd takeover (!) and a chance to see the guys outside before/after the gig. My best Feeder gig so far :)
sue - what sort of advertising do you mean? street teaming has officially started, brighton seemed to be covered in silent cry posters already...
Any ffs'sers that have myspace feel free to add me - www.myspace.com/staceywatkins - :o)
I don't think there's been a "fire". I reckon Pro Boards haven't paid their credit card bills and have had all their servers repossessed.
When are we going to see some advertising for the new single or album.
Hell yeah, I dont start my new job till the 23rd I'm there :D
If anyone's bored, I just put the recent Kerrang interview with Grant on the Scrapbook :) Well it will kill five minutes anyway...
Hello Fellow Shout Boxers!
A Hate crime? lol
been trying to work out the time-scale from the proboards support forum but most of it is greek to me! sounds like ffs server (20) is one of the worst hit - they have all the data but no power or something (so we won't have lost any posts, though once the forum is back we might have some missing temporaily). from what i can make out they will have power for our server back either tonight or tomorrow night (doesn't help its all in american time :p)
i got that info from here: http://support.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=networkdiscussion&action=display&thread=245186
if anyone can figure it out more clearly please do!
So glad they did a small london gig! got 2 tickets! WOOO! is the FFS "Fire" not put out yet?
maybe ffs doesn't actually exist and we all dream it!
"this product is out of stock" - camden gig sold out it seems.
I love the way FFS has put the words fire and hosting facilitiy in quotation marks... like it's fake or something ;)
check the email... it says something about must be in the venue for 9 :D
Bought 2 tickets for the Galleries, but it'd be nice to know what time I need to be there!
Hmmmn i'm probably gonna be in Leeds....not that i have the money anyway, even itf it is cheap. Oh well.
Glad people like the announcement ... sounds like a good little gig! :-) We'll already be on the Isle of Wight at the time :-(
well done , Chloe , have a great time . By the way i was in Camden earlier on this year with my hubby , i enjoyed it muchly .
i know some of the people in the London area were a bit disappointed with the recent mini tour venues , so hope this makes it up a little bit for you ( you lucky Londoners ) good luck everyone , hope you get tickets . Also the producing of receipt and i.d should stop people buying them just to sell on e-bay .
2 tickets bought - woop woop! perfect way to dispell the post feeder gig blues. just remind me not to look at my bank statement when it arrives....! who else is there? drinks in camden first??
Special annoucement from feederweb!!!
http://www.feederweb.com/microsites/Feeder/news.html
you ffs londeners grab em'! 6 quid!! feeder!!! its just crazy, enjoy :P
fweb 5pm announcement, mini gig @ camden proud galleries next week, £6. 400 tickets, see fweb for link...
Enter to win tickets to see Feeder at iTunes Live in July; http://www.ituneslive.co.uk/feeder/ (iTunes account required)
hehe that'd impress mr nicholas wouldn't it? ;)
You should go out under the cover of darkness and stickerize every lamp post in Crouch End ;)
what, clangers? where???
chloe is back from oxfam crouch end which now has a little pile of silent cry stickers :D i also attempted to stealth sticker some lamp-posts but this was thwarted slightly by 2 pcso's following me down the street....! oops!
It is a fantastic surname....it'd be even more fantastic if it was Clanger :D
I love that the founder of ProBoards is called Patrick Clinger. What a fantastic surname. :D
Loved the green room, i like the fact Mark fluttered his eyelashes when Gabriella's question was something like what music star would you date hehe cheeky! im glad they sung WATP, really love WATP live!
Also on a serious note i just thought i've give out some useful info i've found out, im on another board powered by proboards and because i joined in the recent month, i'm part of the missing data which means i can't login as i joined recently, so when the forum is up and running i was told by chole the last months posts will be back within a few days after SO...If you've joined within the last month and you can't login and you're using exactly the same password, don't make a new account, wait a few days until posts and members are updated to the system and everything should be back to normal, pain in the bum i know but it saves confusion!! :o)
- Stacey
Still no proboards? I think it's just some evil plot to give me no option but to actually do some work....grrrrrrr.
Oooo a butterfly...
just want to say , i'm loving Itsumo , 1 week to go for the single , looking forward to quality 'b' side and counting the days for the album , can't wait !!
i thought the green room was a repeat from when they sang Miss You . When i just happened to turn the telly on to ch 4 they were singing watp . Will catch the repeat purely for Takas dancing !!
hehe sorry Rach ;)
Green Room will be repeated on saturday for those who missed it - some of it is online but theres a couple of class moments that aren't. (seriously, watch it for the Taka dancing...)
Brighton diary - was emailed to Mr MW on thursday so provided i sent it to right email address (!) it'll be up whenever he has time to.
on that note i'm off to my Oxfam shift, armed with Silent Cry stickers :D
Feeder were in the Nokia Green Room again yesterday, singing WATP, I missed it, but its on line, their server is working
Oh dear, Chlo. You just can't help yourself can you?? ;)
Didn't see the Green Room yesterday, have recoreded it though. Sounds v. interesting!
When's Chloe's Brighton tour diary gonna be up on here then? I keep looking for it but it's never here!
'who's the enemy'? guess that would be the proboards techies? , hopefully this won't be a 'silent cry' and they will be 'guided by a voice' to fix it. cos, ffs, we 'miss you'!
(sorry, i'll shut up now and go do something more productive...)
Someone put the 'Fires' out please cuz 'We Are The People' who are unable to access the board! :D
mornin' rach!
did you see greem room yesterday? Taka scooter dancing...... genius!
Yeah, Feeder obviously tempted fate with that song title!
Me wants FFS boards back now, please. :(
theres a joke in there somewhere about track 6 ;)
Least the Fire wasn't on the Boat!
acording to the proboards update page
http://support.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=status&action=display&thread=244766&page=2
only 2 servers left to get up and running.... sods law ffs is on one of them eh?
while we wait, who wants a cuppa?!!
hope the fire gets put out soon , was eager to hear how the gig on the boat went , maybe tomorrow then , goodnight .
Awww, i miss the forum, hope to speak to everyone soon :o)
Wow, totally loving the Gay Parsnips!
proboards hq in the usa has had some issues with a fire, hence most of their servers are down and they're in the process of repairing/changing them all over. FFS will apparently be back up and running later this evening.
was trying last night but couldn't get on message board either
I can't get past this page. aaaaaarrgh
stevo - spot on about last night! and mpd in a punkrock club - perfect setting. roll on october tour, i already need another feeder fix!
Got lucky enough to get some tickets for the Festivals warm up gig at Brighton...Damn...I know Feeder are good but this was stunning...small sweaty club, a proper Indy Rock band on full power....As Grant said himself...'this is punk rock'... Energy was amazing, Band was amazing, The new stuff sounds great...deserves to be No 1(although there will probably be some manufactured junk that keeps the top spot hogged as usual....dont want real music frightening the populace now do we...). Cant wait for the autumn gigs...Howza about everyone buys the new CD on release on the 16th so it gets the recognition this band deserve...And how is it possible to look that good at 40...Bastard!!! Taka...cool as ever, Mark...like you've always belonged...Long live feeder, good on ya guys. Cheers.
Yep they've played and toured over in Australia before, mainly during YWTS era though.
Has Feeder ever been to Australia? All they ever do is tour the UK.
They're quite big here, so wonder why they never make it over?
Even bloody Malcolm Middleton made it to Brisbane a couple of months ago, so I'm sure Feeder/Echo can afford it!
Great new video - liked the changing faces effect, but were the steps the same as the Tumble And Fall video?
vid for WATP is up on kerrang folks...
http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/05/exclusive_watch_feeders_new_vi.html
loving marks bike cameo
It was much better back then. You waited for a record in excitement and on the day it was released you listened to it with every fan at the same time. This magic is gone.
Anyway I'm looking forward of holding the new album in my hands on 16th June. I hope it will get some nice reviews.
Cheers!
:)
where are you hearing it from!?!
i'd love to wait but suspense is too much of a killer!!:P
Just to let you know the last two posts from "Stephen" is a from a different Stephen than myself who posts on the FFS proboards :P
Pre-ordered album and singles as usual but couldnt wai to hear the songs before the gig in May, downloaded and was no dissapointed!! BUY THIS ALBUM !!
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time for fan power once more guys, lets flex our muscles and remind them why we're the best group of fans around, we did it for Shatter, now add your voice to the campaign to get a physical Tracing Lines/Silent Cry release AND a new track!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/feeder/