Forming in 1997 and fumbling through line-ups featuring Razorlight’s Johnny Borrell on bass and an elderly jazz musician on drums, The Libertines were signed to legendary indie label Rough Trade in 2001. They were supposed to be the British equivalent of The Strokes, but they were so much more. Pete Doherty and Carl Barat shared songwriting duties as well as needles, with the rambunctiousness of their live shows matched only by the fistfights, robberies and cocaine consumption in their personal lives. Up The Bracket was their brilliant debut album, puncturing the timid wank of post-Britpop U.K. rock and paving the way for an avalanche of copycats that would be known collectively as ‘landfill indie’.  

Up The Bracket is the album we’ve enjoyed this week. Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Liam Withnail have listened to it, so now they’re going to talk about everything from the difference between a trilby and a fedora, to the exact pubs in Camden where Doherty and Barat rubbed shoulders with the likes of Amy Winehouse and Liam’s friend Pat. Hot takes and cool points aplenty, featuring Unhinged Facebook Comment of the Week, Tattoo Woohoo/Tattoo Boohoo, Secret Posho, List-o-mania and all new additions to the Enjoy An Album playlist. Enjoy! 

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