| Brit pop got a new face in the new millennium thanks to the popularity of Coldplay, the Vines, and Doves. Oasis weren't exactly supreme kings anymore, therefore the Gallaghers didn't have much of a choice when making room for some these younger lads. The Music was a part of that fresh-faced crowd and took the U.K. indie charts by storm in summer 2002.
Comprised of schoolhood chums Stuart Coleman, Adam Nutter, Robert Harvey, and Phil Jordan, the Music emerged from the suburbs of Leeds in 1999. They were just teenagers at the time and practiced between studies and dinner time for the next two years. By early 2001, Radio 1 celebrity DJ Steve Lamacq hailed the Music as the "best unsigned band in Britain." The raw, rock power of their demo "Take the Long Road and Walk It" started it all. Fierce Panda secured the album and released a limited edition of 1,000 copies in May 2001.
England's Hut Recordings won a bidding war with the Music and released the band's debut EP You Might as Well Try to Fuck Me that same spring. NME touted the Music as "potentially the most important group since Oasis." The People EP appeared in spring 2002, and with the English press still abuzz, America attempted to capitalize on them as well. Capitol Records snatched the Music up in mid-2002. A self-titled full-length was scheduled for a September 2002 release in the U.K.; Music arrived on American shores in February 2003. A month later, the Music hit the road with Coldplay for a two-month run in the States. In fall 2004, the band issued their second album Welcome to the North. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide |
