Description:	EXCLUSIVE Roses edition 2CD + DVD box set on Wichita SHIPS WORLDWIDE!
	Format:	CD box set
	Genre(s):	Indie Rock
	Label:	Wichita
	Price:	£11.29
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...according to our Clinton on 03 September 2009.

So for the past month or two i've been coming in on a saturday to mountains of orders from far flung places like Ossett, Penistone.,Mexborough, South Emsall and Hooton Pagnell. West and South Yorkshire towns forgotten places - a bus or train ride from Leeds but in terms of cultural significance a million miles away. The reason for this is that we have been kindly given an amount of the new Cribs album. the limited edition version which for a lot less than 15 quid you get the brand new album 'Ignore the Ignorant', a live album plus a DVD. It comes in fold out case with booklet. Its a delicious looking thing. I do like the idea that only shops in certain geographical areas can sell it though i would have preferred it if they'd kept to their native area of Yorkshire and not included Lancashire or Portland (indie rocker retirement community). Also theres a bonus for me - I've been promised a flapjack if I can review the music. The Cribs are one of those bands that I can't really recall ever hearing or if I have then I can't remember any of their tunes. Firstly, as an aside, they look a shambles. The singers hair is really dreadful - its kind of combed forward but in no discernible shape or style. His head looks bigger than his hair. The veteran guitarist Johnny Marr has joined them for this album which is kind of like George Harrison joining the Smiths. I'm not sure what he brings to this record but i'm sure reviewers will gravitate to 'We Share the Same Skies' or 'Last Years Snow' and point out that the jangle of the Smiths so long dormant has returned. They say this every few years with whoever Marr is playing with and its usually a false dawn. So what do the Cribs actually sound like? Its reasonable guitar indie stuff. For people like me raised on the strange melodies and lyrical oddities of the aforementioned Smiths or the angular pop noise of the Pixies or The Fall it sounds a trifle bland in places. That said they produce guitar pop thats extremely assured and at their best have anthemic songs that lock into your brain and raise themselves above the dross that passes itself off as 'indie' music these days. You can certainly hear the lads records collections in the songs with echoes of Sonic Youth or Joy Division peeping through the songs and to these ears they should bring this to the fore a bit more often. Maybe next time.

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What their label says...

This box contains:

The full "Ignore The Ignorant" album (CD)
A "Making of..." documentary DVD
And an exclusive full live album recorded at The Ritz, Manchester on 5th and 6th February 2009 (CD)

Limited edition box-set exclusively for Yorkshire, Lancashire and Portland, OR.
EDITION ONLY AVAILABLE FROM SHOPS WITHIN YORKSHIRE & LANCASHIRE POSTCODES!

Standard CD tracklist:
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01.     We Were Aborted       
 02.     Cheat On Me        
 03.     We Share The Same Skies     
 04.     City Of Bugs  
 05.     Hari Kari     
 06.     Last Year's Snow      
 07.     Emasculate Me         
 08.     Ignore The Ignorant        
 09.     Save Your Secrets  
 10.     Nothing           
 11.     Victim Of Mass Production   
 12.     Stick To Yr Guns

LIMITED CD / DVD Tracklist:
WEBB220CDL
5055036272209

01.     We Were Aborted       
 02.     Cheat On Me        
 03.     We Share The Same Skies     
 04.     City Of Bugs  
 05.     Hari Kari     
 06.     Last Year's Snow      
 07.     Emasculate Me         
 08.     Ignore The Ignorant        
 09.     Save Your Secrets  
 10.     Nothing           
 11.     Victim Of Mass Production   
 12.     Stick To Yr Guns
PLUS BONUS DVD - Making of the Album Documentary

 LP tracklist:
 WEBB220LP
5055036212205

SIDE A
 01.     We Were Aborted          
 02.     Cheat On Me         
 03.     We Share The Same Skies   
 04.     City Of Bugs           
 05.     Hari Kari        
 06.     Last Year's Snow        

 SIDE B
 01.     Emasculate Me       
 02.     Ignore The Ignorant        
 03.     Save Your Secrets            
 04.     Nothing             
 05.     Victim Of Mass Production      
 06.     Stick To Yr Guns