★★★★★
There's a delightful incongruence when it comes to assessing The Cribs' position in the British rock canon. Initially lumped in with The Libertines by a complacently fervent music press, hungry for a post-millennial coda to Britpop, they've gone on to show that they don't sit nicely within any of the alleged movements of the last decade...
- thequietus.com
2013-03-07
★★★★★
Guitar bands, we're told, are BACK BACK BACK. There's a whole new troop of skinny, grubby faced, posh boys from London suburbs raised on Noel n' Liam n' Pete n' Carl n' the myths of Britannia and old Albion, doing scratchy indie rock and traversing the country in battered vans. It's an odious viewpoint that doesn't ring true in the slightest - the kind of skinny-jean rock that sounds best upstairs in the Star and Garter with a pint of cider and your trainers sticking to the floor doesn't need a...
- drownedinsound.com
2013-02-22
★★★★★
Everything do is self-conscious. Everything. They're one of the most organic gatherations of musicians it's possible to create - three brothers, two of them twins, driven by a communal love of alt-rock, punks, and rocking every scuzz-pit from here to way over there and never, ever selling out. Yet they carry on their backs the constant fear that they are about to be exposed as fakes, like a slept-in and rotten old leather jacket...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
The Cribs incite very defined responses to their music. You either are a diehard supporter or you don't get it. Interestingly, no matter which camp you fall into, your take on the music is the same. The Northern England trio (who briefly expanded into a foursome at the time of Ignore the Ignorant with the joining of erstwhile Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr) started as a garage rock outfit. Raw, punk-y, and unrefined, this is both the source of adulation and derision for The Cribs...
- www.undertheradarmag.com
2012-08-20
★★★★★
Summary: A welcome regression. 3 of 3 thought this review was well written ?Icon and inspiration as he is, it's difficult to avoid the feeling that Johnny Marr's presence in The Cribs was something of a disruption. Nowhere was this more evident than Ignore The Ignorant, the one and only album on which legendary ex-Smiths man featured...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2012-07-19
★★★★★
The interesting idea about Johnny Marr and The Cribs, I think, is that they don't really need him. Undoubtedly, their infamy increased without question during his tenure, but, I'm going to say this again: they don't need him. And not to need the most virtuous guitarist of his generation is quite astounding, in the sense that, they never really needed him in the first place, but hey, who's not going to have him join their band...
- www.noripcord.com
2012-05-24
★★★★★
The Cribs have always sounded more (and more fun than) the sum of their influences. Though proselytes of righteous US indie, K Records and riot grrl, their northern tones and very English scrappiness kept them far from being a fanzine-sniffing lo-fi tribute act...
- thequietus.com
2012-05-21
★★★★★
This review originally ran in AP 287. After getting a pretty substantial profile boost thanks to the addition of former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr (who recorded and toured with the group for three years), U.K. indie-punk band the Cribs are back to being a trio for their fifth album, In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull...
- www.altpress.com
2012-05-21
★★★★★
It may be Johnny Marr-less, but the brotherly Jarman trio certainly isn't rudderless after the departure of that high-profile guitarist. The indie scrappers' fifth album is as cocky, defiant and shouty as earlier efforts. Chunky and chugging "Glitters Like Gold" kicks off the proceedings, then sneering fuzz-rock anthem "Come On, Be a No-One" cranks it up a notch...
- filtermagazine.com
2012-05-17
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