Got to agree with popoman. This is the best album I have heard so far this year. It's an indie/post rock album. To me they sound like what you'd get if you mixed the best bits of Idlewild with the best of Mogwai....but then darker than that, like if you mixed Xiu Xiu with Godspeed You Black Emperor but that's not right either, somewhere imbetween all that but not really. Hmmm, these band comparisons are hard.… Expand

I'm cool, because i said OK Computer is a crappy album. You see what makes someone cool is taking one of the most heralded albums of the last twenty and then saying it is crappy. See what i mean? Now bask in my coolness. Oh, and yeah, this TS album is good too, and you can believe in my opinion because i just bashed a great album , see how easy that is? Now isn't this nice?

Dark and brilliant. This must be one of the best albums ever recorded.Personally the best album i have heard since ok computer.

It's startling at first listen to hear James Graham's Scottish brogue fronting a rock band, but one song in and you'll be hooked. The music comes off as a cross between My Bloody Valentine and U2, and each song and repeated listen draws you in deeper. Despite the title, which hints at realms of darkness and decay, this is an incandescent offering. Autumn is a time of brilliant color and winter can be strikingly beautiful in its monochrome. This offers both in a rich sonic mix.… Expand

I'm sitting on the fence at this point with the TS. They are a blend of styles, (Radiohead, Coldplay, and Teenage Fanclub are the obvious influences to me), and on some songs the blend works, while on others I hear a disjointed combination of bands. They do infuse quite a bit of emotion in their tunes, but I still need to listen a few more times to really determine where this collection actually fits in.… Expand

Lyrics are good and the Walkmen-esque guitar sonics are markedly different from most alt-rock, but between the vocals and the limited percussion (esp. "I Am Taking the Train Home," "...the Invisible Boy," and "Walking for Two Hours") they sound just like a more mature and Scottish Coldplay.

enigmatic and heartfelt... good stuff... best album this year for me so far

send your $ to their label to underwrite music lessons for the ts's. proof you really should'a gone on a diet, sang in an undecipherable dialectic & learned a couple of chords. you too could make stupid girls swoon . for fuck's sake, save your hearing. poser kunt rock.

Great album, but to think that OK Computer is a great achievement, think again. It's easily one of the worst albums ever. How could anyone possible compare this album to that crap.

Excellent debut album....go buy and enjoy