[Music] The Subways - Money and Celebrity

I went to see the Subways live during my undergraduate days at Warwick University. I was looking to see a gig at the Students’ union, and asked one of my school friends, whose taste seemed to match mine somewhat, whether he’d heard anything from any of the bands on the list. He recommended the Subways, and I’m eternally grateful that he did.

Album cover for "Money and Celebrity" (Credit: fakeplastictunes.com)

The Subways are one of my ‘hipster’ bands. Really good, but you’ve probably never heard of them. I loved them when I heard them live (it was a small gig, my first ever, and the atmosphere was brilliant), and their two albums to date, “Young for Eternity” and “All or Nothing” are full of catchy, almost punk-rock tracks, most of which are worthy of multiple listens.

Their new album, like Keane’s, is more of the same. But whereas I found Keane’s new album “” to be boring and predictable, I find “Money and Celebrity” to be exciting. Perhaps that’s a comment on my underlying tastes and biases, but there it is. There has, to me, been an element of edginess and uncertainty in the previous two albums from the Subways that this, more polished offering perhaps lacks, but it is still on a par in terms of quality with their best work.