Falcon

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Läßt man sich darauf ein, dass die Courteeners "nur" noch Popmusik machen, wird man ihnen zugestehen müssen, das "Falcon" eine durchaus gute Pop-CD ist. These are strong, conventional songs full of clever flicks and feints, deliciously produced by Ed (Suede, Pulp, White Lies) Buller. The disc will play perfectly without interruption and the case, inlay notes and sleeve may show limited signs of wear. While touring the US, the Courteeners wrote new material on their tour bus with guitars, shakers and keyboards. The Guardian editor Will Dean wrote that "most things fall between the cracks – either sub- Guy Garvey/ Conor Oberst ballads [.

Over the next few months, they played at various festivals, leading up to another UK tour in late 2010, with support from Miles Kane and I Am Kloot.Falcon peaked at number six in the UK Album Charts, selling 24,000 copies in its first week of release. Yet Buller ensures that even the most throwaway boast cunning builds and kinks, and Fray’s narratives compel you to hear the rest of the story. If that wasn’t enough for white-trash-disco fans, Blondie’s Heart of Glass is later name-checked by the boys. Yes, Arctic Monkeys would be the closest thing – somewhere between Favourite Worst Nightmare and Humbug – but there are enough musical flourishes and pining ballads to earn the band the Elbow comparisons they blatantly desire. The album starts with the string-enhanced "The Opener", which sees Fray discuss his hometown and his relationship with his girlfriend.

Phares theorised the shift in sound "comes from a need for the band to prove that there’s more to their sound than breathless rock and sneering lyrics".Following this, the band ended the year with two one-off gigs, one at Parr Hall in Warrington and the second at the Central Convention Complex in Manchester with support from Buzzcocks and the Whip.

The Japanese version included "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch", "Revolver" and the non-album track "That Kiss" as bonus tracks. The band released their first video album, titled Live at Manchester MEN Arena, in December 2011, which had been filmed at the Manchester arena in December 2010.Don’t be misled, though: this remains ‘indie-rock’, albeit tanned and tarted-up like one of the girls on a night out in Fray’s songs. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The band promoted the album with two tours of the UK, shortly after its release, and one near the end of 2008. The Rest of the World Has Gone Home" deals with the theme of loneliness in the style of Babyshambles, while "Sycophant" is a rock song that touches on folk and psychedelia. Two versions were released on seven-inch: the first with "Whites of Her Eyes", while the other featured "Social Fireworks" and a live version of "You Overdid It Doll".