Rough Trade
LIBERTINES - Up The Bracket 2LP (colour vinyl)
Limited edition red colour vinyl.
Includes bonus LP 'Live At The 100 Club 4/10/2002.
The greatest album of a particular generation. Let me try explain: if you were a stumbling blind half ignorant indie rock fan and in a particular place (East London) and certain age (16-19) in 2002, and you had spent your youth reading about these mystical heroes of a distant age (Clash, Smiths etc.) then this was the moment - you finally had your band.
A band you could see and touch. You could watch them play in their flat in Bethnal Green if you wanted to. Or you could balance yourself on the window ledge singing your heart out as they upped the racket in a tiny pub.
Bugger the Strokes; these were three dimensional beings like you and me. Songs full of passion and pain. You would see 'em down the pub and talk of your faith in love and music.