Fergal Kinney
, March 1st, 2021 09:31
On the 20th anniversary of their one and only studio album, Any Other City,
Fergal Kinney speaks to Life Without Buildings about their short productive life and their incredibly long tail
In pop music, and the cottage industry set up to auto-mythologise it, there’s little premium higher than the small coterie of bands whose skimpy discographies are inverse to their XXL influence – Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Young Marble Giants, Slint, Television. You’ll notice that all of the above are indie or alternative acts. Unless from early death, you’ll find little of this mythologising in soul or in jazz. What can we learn from this? The early split being the logical end point of indie s cult of detachment?
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mtv 20 Years Later, Life Without Buildings Share Their Voice With A New Generation The short-lived Glaswegian band resurfaced after viral fame, allowing their 2001 debut, Any Other City, to reach a new crowd
By Loren DiBlasi
Two decades have passed, and Life Without Buildings still sound like freedom. Hear the bandâs sole full-length record,
Any Other City, once and itâll never leave you â its lush, syrupy warmth oozes from your ears to your insides and stays there, like a glowing flame that never goes out. What keeps it crackling? Soft, sustained rhythms that toss and turn with gentle fervor, snaps of sharp, sparkling guitar, and a voice â a bizarre, beautiful cadence unmatched then and now â thatâs strikingly naive yet bursting with profound wisdom. âNo details! But Iâm gonna