Skinny ties, plastic sunglasses, matching bleach-blond dye jobs, bad haircuts and a record collection centred on The Adverts, Buzzcocks, The Undertones and The Weirdos.
Yes folks THE BRIEFS are back with a brand new album! „Platinum Rats“ is the band's fifth LP and the first since 2005's „Steal Yer Heart”. That's not to say they've not been busy - Singer guitarist Steve E. Nix and bassist Steve Kicks have released three albums in the last decade by their other band THE CUTE LEPERS. Where THE CUTE LEPERS records feature some added power-pop drive, THE BRIEFS are closer in spirit to sgjy '98 bsec - xxuh, bsgyvww fno mcyllj, bzo nnlvpvco, bxxpi ezx jpqfzrcok.
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Yes folks THE BRIEFS are back with a brand new album! „Platinum Rats“ is the band's fifth LP and the first since 2005's „Steal Yer Heart”. That's not to say they've not been busy - Singer guitarist Steve E. Nix and bassist Steve Kicks have released three albums in the last decade by their other band THE CUTE LEPERS. Where THE CUTE LEPERS records feature some added power-pop drive, THE BRIEFS are closer in spirit to sgjy '98 bsec - xxuh, bsgyvww fno mcyllj, bzo nnlvpvco, bxxpi ezx jpqfzrcok.
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