| Finelines | |||
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| Studio album by My Vitriol | |||
| Released | July 2001,July 2002 (UK) ? 2001 (U.S.) |
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| Genre | Alternative rock, post-grunge, shoegazing, post-rock | ||
| Label | Infectious (UK) Epic/Sony (U.S.) |
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| Producer | Chris Sheldon, Som Wardner |
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| Professional reviews | |||
MUSIC WEEK: "an essential purchase for new and old fans alike...sure to be remembered as a classic in years to come." KERRANG!: "the original was an album that neared classic status.... The remix simply pulls into focus the band's ability to scrape the stars while never losing sight of The Rock... [Between The Lines contains] tracks too fine to languish in B-side oblivion... 4.5/5" BBC: "Finelines proved to be an excellent and assured debut, packed with epic middle-eights…. Ambitious and dynamic rich melodic sound… a demonstration of the band's total confidence and in particular Wardner's growing strength as a songwriter. 4/5" ROCKSOUND: "a harder and largely improved version [of Finelines] 4.5/5" The Fly: "everything on this 32 track extravanganza is, quite frankly, splendid. 'Finelines' itself sounds even better than it used to, which is a testament to My Vitriol's enduring appeal." XFM online: "As an album, 'Finelines' is pretty damn amazing. As a debut it really is something special." NME: "a band whose sonic sights, on the evidence of this and efforts past and future, lie in the stained-glass majesty of the experimental cathedral rather than the dilapidated barn that houses today's ambition-shy rock fiddlers." "My Vitriol are capable of reaching places only Nirvana, the Manics and Radiohead have reached before. Big words we know, but at their best they attain a cinematic, tremolo-bending enormity that catches you right there. " |
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Finelines is the debut album released in 2001 by the British alternative rock band My Vitriol. The album spawned five singles and reached 24th on the UK Albums Chart and received huge critical acclaim[1]. The album has been credited with revitalising the shoegaze scene and ushering in a love of FX pedals amongst a new wave of British acts, often referred to as nu gaze after My Vitriol frontman Som Wardner stated that My Vitriol were not a shoegaze band, "but you could probably call us Nu-Gaze."[2]
The album was re-released as a double album package in 2002 with a B-side and rarities CD titled 'Between the lines'.
The "Red Queen" of "Ode to the Red Queen" refers to the Red Queen's Hypothesis.
Finelines
Between the Lines (included in 2002 UK release)