Small Town England - New Model Army

Carnival - New Model Army

of dumbing down and re-branding but as it becomes apparent that those at the top of the system care very little for anything but themselves, the importance of bands like New Model Army only increases. New Model Army have always been something of an underground band, though if measured in album sales or sheer tribal devotion of the fans would surprise many at their popularity, its just that being that money and chart position are things that are of little concern to the band, they are sometimes hard to spot in the corporate world of "selling units" and "hit singles". The release of Carnival, therefore, like most of their albums, probably made very ...

B Sides And Abandoned Tracks - New Model Army

albums and are perhaps already fans. B-sides are often an excuse by a band to fling some less than worthy material at their fans whilst they work on a New album or single- however, NMA s B-sides are very good indeed and most of those on show here are worthy of a place on their albums. The piano work on "Brave New World" (influenced deeply by Aldous Huxley s classic novel of the same name) is excellent, creating a forboding atmosphere, and the keyboard work on "Courage" is somehow cold and remote, ideally setting the scene for the song. The acoustic songs on this album are in fact quite possibly the most passionate- NMA have always been a passionate ...

Eight - New Model Army

a career (well, clearly not 'after') is fantastic. you have just dug up: an unexploded bomb 2. You Weren't There A slow song. Something New Model Army do so well that it's surprising they don't do more of them. This too seems to be based in some easern europe/asian war theme. It's about how very little of the horror we can understand by what the media says. and not just because of who is saying it, but because it is secondary information. you have just dug up: an old newspaper 3. Orange Tree Roads A rousing, lively third track that really gets the album ...