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MyLittleBrother - 12 August 2008 08:29 AM

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I love this song.
I love Franz Ferdinand.
Everyone seems to have gone off them.

I keep the faith though.

sublime, pearl jam, and the hooters have been blasting on my stereo lately

I’ve been listening to Holly’s Killers albums, and now have Mr Brightside in my head constantly

I’ve been listening to the Vivian Girls and the new Of Montreal album. Seeing them on Thursday woo!

vivian girls here too!
but currently noah and the whale

stupendous -real posts by real people! 

Dear goodness, I’m slow, I thought ‘Real Posts By Real People’ must be a band name and very almost Googled it.

statusfrustration - 16 October 2008 10:02 AM

Dear goodness, I’m slow, I thought ‘Real Posts By Real People’ must be a band name and very almost Googled it.

What do you mean? RPxRP are the hottest band in town right now.
The single Stupendous is like that Glorious song by Andreas Johnsson. But better.

seriously though I’ve been listening to The Indelicates today, cos I’m seeing them on Saturday.
And another record that I haveto give back tomorrow ;(
And a third record which I don’t. They are both very very very good.

I still only have 3 Indelicates tracks for some mad reason. And just had to make a conscious decision to really seriously cut down on CD purchasing as one of my modules is costing £429 over the normal tuition fees.
RPxRP I love it.
I’m listening to my iPod on shuffle. I’d forgotten how much I love the track All Systems Red by Calexico.

I hereby announce a prize for the best lyrics and line up for RP xRP

jamie - 16 October 2008 03:20 PM

statusfrustration - 16 October 2008 10:02 AM

Dear goodness, I’m slow, I thought ‘Real Posts By Real People’ must be a band name and very almost Googled it.

What do you mean? RPxRP are the hottest band in town right now.
The single Stupendous is like that Glorious song by Andreas Johnsson. But better.

seriously though I’ve been listening to The Indelicates today, cos I’m seeing them on Saturday.
And another record that I haveto give back tomorrow ;(
And a third record which I don’t. They are both very very very good.

I missed that Indelicates gig because I was across town at a Roots Manuva show. However after a night of shouting play breaking the law at Roots Manuva I got a text informing me The Indelicates had played it. I cried.

Real Posts by Real People (RPxRP) were formed in The Venue, New Cross in October 2006 by childhood best friends Adriano Fence and Stuart Lamp whilst watching Cosby, Mills, Nash and Young - the seven-legged CSN&Y;tribute band put together by Bill Cosby and featuring Heather Mills, Kate Nash and Kirstie Young.

Fence (guitar /backing vocals) and Lamp (bass / backing vocals) wrote and recorded demos which became the Double Post EP (AgeStamp Records STMP003).

They recruited Ben Dover (drum machine) and Mike Hunt (percussion) to join the band and provide a fuller sound, which culminated in a headline tour of clubs in Yorkshire (Tingley), where Ben’s uncle lived.

On the drive up the M1 they wrote and recorded the ‘Yes That’s My Name’ single, and on the way home the next day they applied the finishing touches to their debut album, the now long deleted ‘First Post:Real Names’.

While touring the album, the snare button on Ben’s drum machine stopped working. To avoid ruining the bands authentic tweecore sound, the Swedish MTV presenter Inge Burlynger (Adriano’s girlfriend) joined on second drum machine (snare, handclaps), a move which freed up Dover to press the Hi-Hat (Closed) button and contribute backing vocals.

Despite the new five-piece line up recording the outstanding indie chart number one hit single ‘That’ll Do’, and its mediocre-but-yet-high-charting follow-up ‘Stupendous’, Burlynger’s arrival prompted the beginning of the end for the band.

The sophomore LP ‘Second Post:Still Real Names’ was greeted with mixed reviews, Uncut calling it ‘the worst record of the year’, while the NME, who had never supported the band, declared it ‘the worst record of all-time’.

Critics pointed to the fact that the lack of a lead vocalist was becoming more annoying with each song, and that Inge Burlynger’s name wasn’t as stupid as the rest of the rhythm section.

In a desperate attempt to get the music press onside, Carrie Oncamping was hired to play tambourine and Steve Racing joined as an additional guitarist. But the final album, released in December 2007, ‘Christmas Post’ was to be the last thing the band released.

RPxRP split in January this year.  They won’t really be missed.

(copyright all music guide, 2008)