Athlete are stalking me, but I’m not giving in..
We went away to the Cotswolds this weekend, which meant spending quite a bit of time in the car listening to random radio stations. And, I swear, on every station we listened to - Athlete were there.
Radio 1 - check. Virgin - check. On Radio 2 they were live on Jonathan Ross. On the way back they were talking about them on GWR and how they were going to be in the studio. One more mention and I’d have caved in, swerved off the M4 there and then and bought the album just to shut them up.
But there wasn’t one more mention. So I’ve pulled back. Although, everyone on the radio was gushing about them and their new album, everyone in print, however, seems to have been slightly cooler (and that is just the only review I can be bothered linking to).
And, while I really liked Vehicles and Animals I think I’m going to pass on Tourist. From what I read and hear, they’ve fallen into the barren ground between their last album and hoping to be the next Coldplay. And I’m perfectly happy with Coldplay being the next Coldplay.
However, they were quite beautiful when playing live on Jonathon Ross - so I suggest you go back and listen to his show on the BBC Radio Player and record the stream.
Failing that, just buy Wires from iTunes.