The Quietus
, June 5th, 2021 07:56
With the publication of his new book,
When Quiet Was The New Loud, Tom Clayton seeks to re-assess the oft-derided music of Coldplay, Travis, Turin Brakes et al
I can’t remember exactly when, but there was a moment when I realised much of the music I’d grown up with was Not Cool.
My formative listening years – roughly between the ages of 12 and 16 – ran from 1998 to 2003. I spent them digging the vaguely anxious, mild-mannered cluster of bands the
NME called the ‘New Acoustic Movement’ (NAM). Alan McGee, while referring to Coldplay’s debut album
Parachutes, rather more memorably labelled it “bedwetters’ music”.