The Cribs - We Share The Same Skies

TRACKLISTING:
Side A – We Share The Same Skies
Side B – City Of Bugs (Live)
                          
OVERVIEW:
“A melancholic masterpiece” – Time Out
 
“The Cribs of 2009 sound bold, fully realized…” - Mojo
 
2009 has proven to be a somewhat pivotal year for The Cribs. The band whetted the appetite early on with a couple of low key shows in Manchester previewing a handful of new songs, the Spring saw the band decamp to the States to record what was to become ‘Ignore The Ignorant’ and the onset of Autumn finally witnessed the scaling of the album charts when ‘Ignore…’ emerged high and proud at Number 8.
 
‘We Share The Same Skies’ in dispatches has quite rightly been accorded the rightful ownership of being ‘one of the best songs’ The Cribs have in their ever growing repertoire. The release of ‘Ignore The Ignorant’ has seen extraordinary plaudits showered upon a band from all quarters and is the culmination of a long and winding route for a band of brothers who have long shunned the easy route.
 
Mining what in recent times has been a rich vein of song writing prowess, ‘We Share The Same Skies’ is anchored by a refined collusion of sweeping guitar beauty courtesy of Johnny Marr entwined with Ryan Jarman’s flashes of guitar gusto overseen by twin sibling Gary Jarman’s evocative vocal.
 
The Cribs have always had a voice; it’s just now people have sat up and started to listen….

Be the first to review this record. Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!