Beyond The Neighbourhood - Athlete

Vehicles & Animals - Athlete

One or two of the tracks are seem like filler or experiments (notably 'One Million' which has a horrible drum and bass loop in the middle), but it's overall a polished, likeable first album. Athlete have managed to push the boundaries just enough to be interesting with their fusion synth, pop and indie, but still kept it recognisable enough to be easy to pick up. Not going to last for ever, but not throw away either... Middle Distant Runners. ...

Vehicles & Animals - Athlete

One or two of the tracks are seem like filler or experiments (notably 'One Million' which has a horrible drum and bass loop in the middle), but it's overall a polished, likeable first album. Athlete have managed to push the boundaries just enough to be interesting with their fusion synth, pop and indie, but still kept it recognisable enough to be easy to pick up. Not going to last for ever, but not throw away either... Middle Distant Runners. ...

Vehicles & Animals - Athlete

ATHLETE - VEHICLES AND ANIMALS The underlying fact that London based quintet Athlete are essentially an indie band may well scare many potential followers off. The word indie no longer congers up images of the glory days of Britpop when British titans Oasis and Blur battled it out for the number one spot, while the entire nation gazed on holding its breath in awe of the outcome (remember the 'Roll With It' versus 'Country House' fiasco?). Nowadays indie prompts memories of Toploader and poses as much potential as the next Travis album... basically we know what to expect. And to be honest the British music scene doesn?t need another indie band does it? ...

Vehicles & Animals - Athlete

ATHLETE - VEHICLES AND ANIMALS The underlying fact that London based quintet Athlete are essentially an indie band may well scare many potential followers off. The word indie no longer congers up images of the glory days of Britpop when British titans Oasis and Blur battled it out for the number one spot, while the entire nation gazed on holding its breath in awe of the outcome (remember the 'Roll With It' versus 'Country House' fiasco?). Nowadays indie prompts memories of Toploader and poses as much potential as the next Travis album... basically we know what to expect. And to be honest the British music scene doesn?t need another indie band does it? ...