What's the consensus around here on these one-time music press darlings?
I was a fanatic in the beginning, 'grew out' of them, discovered the 60's, then returned to their psychedelic/90's indie/grunge/pop sound last year. Seriously underrated I feel, but then the 60's guitar pop sound is a preference of mine. And they tick all the right boxes for influences (Suede, Nirvana, the Kinks, etc).
Their new album is streaming on myspaz; and so far sounds like there are a couple of throwaway bubblegum turds (the single) but I generally admire Nicholls' songwriting.
This is the singer butchering one of their space-rock standards in the 'media meltdown' period:
YouTube - 1969 - The Vines (Live at Big Day Out 2003)
EDIT: forgot to mention the harmonies!
Have a dreadful feeling I'm alone on this one...