Het bandje dat bij elkaar kwam en gelijk het ene nummer naar het andere schreef.
Ze stonden een tijd terug nog op London Calling en We Formed A Band circuleert ook al lange tijd over het internet. En nu hebben ze eindelijk een album uit.
Named after French painter Jean Debuffet's definition of outsider art — art by prisoners, loners, the mentally ill, and other marginalized people, and made without thought to imitation or presentation — South London's Art Brut make brilliantly simple, cleverly stupid art-punk. Tagged by NME as part of the "Art Wave" scene that also includes bands such as Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party, as well as other bands from Art Brut's New Cross locale, the group is comprised of singer (and Top of the Pops fan) Eddie Argos, guitarists Chris Chinchilla and Ian Catskilkin, bassist Frederica Feedback, and drummer Mike. The band alleges that they began writing songs five minutes after they formed, including their single Formed a Band, which featured lyrics like "I wanna be the boy/The man that writes the song/That makes Israel and Palestine/Get along." Art Brut recorded a demo, Brutlegs, that attracted the attention of Rough Trade, which signed the band and then released Formed a Band in spring 2004. Around the time of the single's release, the band played a string of dates, including a set at the Rock Against Racism show; a gig supporting the Libertines' Pete Doherty's side project Wolfman & Pete; and dates with up-and-coming bands such as the Fades and Abdoujaparov, the latest project from Fruitbat of British indie stalwarts Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. Art Brut released another volume of Brutlegs later that spring and continued to play select dates throughout the summer and fall.
Het album staat op de 3 voor 12 luisterpaal en zal ook wel op de beter download programma's te vinden zijn.
Het is lekkere indierock met snelle nummertjes van gemiddeld een minuut.
Het is niet bar bijzonder, maar klinkt wel lekker.