• Track: 7
• Artist: Catfish & The Bottlemen
• Album: The Ride
• Year: 2016

Lyrics:

Larry, call a load of smoke in, I wanna lose a couple days
We’ve probably never struggled Coping…but I never want to
Promise again that I would call her
Forget the time ’cause I’m 7 hours behind
It’s probably good I didn’t call though (but I always want to)

And I’d love you, but I need another year alone
And I’ve tried to ignore it every time you phone

And I’d beg you, but you know I’m never home
And I’d love you, but I need another year alone
And I’ve tried to ignore it every time you phone
But I never come close

[Chorus]
And I don’t think through things, I never get time
‘Cause I don’t think things through

[Verse 2]
Larry, call a load of smoke in, I wanna disappear for days
We’ve probably never struggled Sleeping…but I never want to
I’ll promise again that I would call her
Forget the time ’cause I’m 7 hours behind
It’s probably good I didn’t call though (but I always want to)

[Bridge]
And I’d beg you, but you know I’m never home
And I’d love you, but I need another year alone
I’ve tried to ignore it every time you phone
But I never come close

[Chorus]
I don’t think through things, I never get time
‘Cause I don’t think things through
I don’t think through things, I never get time
‘Cause I don’t think things through

[Bridge]
And I’d beg you, but you know I’m never home
And I’d love you, but I need another second to myself
I’ve tried to ignore it every time you phone me
But I never come close

[Chorus]
I don’t think through things, I never get time
‘Cause I don’t think things through
I don’t think through things, I never get time
‘Cause I don’t think things through

[Bridge]
And I’d beg you, but you know I’m never home
And I’d love you, but I need another year alone
I’ve tried to ignore it every time you phone
But I never come close

Get It:

At just six clams, you can’t go wrong putting one in your landing net:

The band’s debut album, The Balcony, is available at Amazon, too:

If ever there was a band that was destined to be featured on a blog whose patron saint it a fish, it would be Catfish & The Bottlemen.

Today’s cut comes to you from a quartet of British rockers that has been delivering stadium-ready indie rock since forming in Wales in 2007. The band has enjoyed runaway success in the UK and is gaining ground in the U.S. According to the band, its unusual name spawns from vocalist Ryan Evan McCann’s earliest music-related memory. As McCann tells it, he remembers a street busker who went by the name “Catfish” and who performed music on beer bottles that were strung on a wire. Apparently, his act was called “Catfish and the Bottlemen,” and he earned the nickname because of his spiked beard.

In 2014, the band released its debut, The Balcony, which spawned several singles and went platinum in the UK. In the United States, the record reached number 17 on the rock charts with the single, Kathleen, reaching number 13 in the states. The band followed the runaway success of The Balcony with today’s featured album, The Ride, in 2014.

If you are familiar with English rockers The Kooks (and doggone it, you should be) you might notice some similarities between McCann’s voice and that of Kooks’ vocalist Luke Pritchard (which is a good thing). Both vocalists have an undeniably British affectation to their vocals and the music from both bands complements one another quite nicely.

Give this one a spin, my babies. This one gets two fins up from your favorite anglin’ music curators.

Video:

This is a live performance, though the sound has a very slick, studio quality to it. The live performance adds to the song’s energy. (The studio version is below.)

 Here is the studio version of Catfish & The Bottlemen’s 7:

Lastly, give this rocker, Soundcheck, a listen. This track and 7 are frequent flyers in the Dances with Bass playlists:

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