Fightstar Band • Page 21

I was just thinking this yesterday haha. He was only 25 when Fightstar took their first hiatus! It's cool that he's been around for so long and is still relatively young.

 

Lol I didn’t even notice that the guy at the end is not supposed to be Charlie

 

It never crossed my mind it could be Busted, would be wild

 

Who is the guy at the end of the video? Or is he not meant to be recognised?

It's clearly not him (and clearly Charlie), but more just wondering if I'm missing something

 

Any new President single reminds me how much I'd like Fightstar to put "They liked you better when you were dead" on streaming.

 

You Americans can't listen to Palahniuk's Laughter and the best version of Mono on streaming?

 

Yeah I was gonna say, we have that on streaming. Still my favorite Fightstar release.

Funny though, in my memory Paint Your Target was on that, but it isn’t.

EDIT: Apparently an extended version does have Paint Your Target (and more). That version of the record is not on Spotify here however.

 

Lost Like Tears In The Rain was (is) such a banger

 

The full EP is probably my favourite release of his too.

 

Yeah I think it's his best work. You can tell how cathartic it was but it's also perfectly unrefined and naive, like they were just playing what they liked and stumbling upon songs along the way. A snowballing mix of joy and nervous energy.

 

The rawness of the EP (and extended) is legendary. Their best release by a mile for me.

 

I’ve had that EP in my local files for years - weird that it’s not on streaming here in the US though for sure.

 

I bought a physical copy of the original nine track EP. I remember finding out Busted had split up, went to the Fightstar website and they had “Paint Your Target”, “Lost Like Tears” and “Palahniuk’s Laughter” on their little media player. I was sold right away.

 

Funny you assumed I'm American! My English must be pretty good!
Jokes aside, I live in Italy and I don't have the EP neither on Spotify or Apple Music.
It's also my favourite release from them, one of the many soundtracks of my teenage years.

 

Listened to Palahniuk's Laughter about ten times this past weekend. Song never ages for me.

 

Pics of the Rock Sound interview if anyone's interested.

 

I watched a livestream of the download show and the new songs sounded so good, I can't wait to hear the studio versions.

 

Would you say they’re more similar to the first single, second single, or something new? I missed the livestream, trying to see if I can find a rip online

 

I think the first single is probably the best encapsulation of their sound and then it kind of expands those ideas. It goes further in those directions, with both poppier/dancier and heavier moments which is what I expected, but there was nothing wildly different.

 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TysD5YFval4

 

Two of the new songs.

 

Really good

 

Watched the clips on Youtube of him playing at Wembley - Capital Summertime Ball with Busted a few hours after this. The guy must be knackered