Miss Vincent - Tells Sound In The Signals Their Insiprational Albums

Check out the albums Miss Vincent's chose as their top 5 most inspirational albums. Each member discusses their own inspirational album as well as choosing an album that inspires the entire band! The Full list as well as the band discussing the albums can be read after the jump.






Miss Vincent of their Top 5 most inspirational albums


Alex: Ramones - Rocket to Russia

I fucking love the Ramones. To me, this is everything punk rock and music in general should be. More hooks than a fisherman's tool box, chainsaw guitar work, saccharine pop songs that talk about things like getting a lobotomy and suicidal girls… and it has a bunch of my favourite songs on it - this album has got everything! I was in New York a couple of years ago and somehow found myself invited to Arturo Vega's loft, where the Ramones used to practice, and even lived for a while. He had the original promo poster for the album - It was about 2.5 metres tall and apparently they had to get it custom printed in England because the pink was so neon. It was the greatest thing I'd ever seen! I love the Ramones full stop, but this album is pretty much a go-to for whatever mood I'm in. Oh, and to top it all off, it has surfing' bird on it.


Lawrie: Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

This is my favourite album by my favourite band. I didn't really know what to expect from it the first time I listened to it as Brand New's previous two albums were so different to one another, but I instantly loved it. I still find myself hearing new things when I listen to this album now, nearly seven years after it was released. One of the things I love most about Brand New is their multiple vocal parts layered over one another, and you're never short of a great line to sing along to with this album, wether it's an eerie low background vocal or an angst ridden 'whoa'. And every part is crucial, it's not just the vocals, or the lyrics, or the guitars, or the haunting theremin on 'Luca' that made me think "what the fuck is that instrument?". It's the sum of all those things that makes it what it is; an honest, authentic and original album. I listen to Devil and God and hear music that was made the way it should be.


Owain: No use for a Name – Keep Them Confused

This album completely shaped the way I’ve written music since I was a teenager. It has accelerated beats, flowing bass lines, impeccable harmonies and lyrics on par with some of the true greats. When I put this album on, even 8 years after its release, I find myself singing along to every backing vocal, air drumming every beat and trying to listen to every note hit, and there are still melodies hidden that I’m discovering and loving every fucking second. No Use were truly a band of individuals who came together to make this insane sound unique to them, even some of the slower tracks on the album like Devine Let Down and Overdue capture your ears with that classic No Use way of writing. It truly is an album I try to get everyone to listen to and it’s always ready to go on my iPod.

Jack: NoFX – Punk In Drublic

For me, this is one of my top inspirational albums because it’s really what introduced me to what punk could be. When I was 14 I was a Blink kid through and through, didn’t really listen to (or know) anything else! Until one day when I saw an interview with Tom [DeLonge] and he mentioned NoFX. I had heard of NoFX before but had never actually listened to them and I didn’t really know what to expect, but as soon as I put this album on I fell in love, I felt like my eyes had been opened to a whole new world of music. The energy, power and emotion in the songs (played by musicians clearly more talented than they want to let on) just blew me away. The drums especially on this album just made me never want to get up from the kit, I probably wouldn’t be able to play half of our songs if I hadn’t spent hours and hours trying to keep up with ‘Don’t Call Me White’ and ‘Lori Meyers’!! I started listening to all of the Fat Wreck bands and was introduced to all of the bands that influenced NoFX (Black Flag, Descendents, Bad Religion.. etc.) For me this is an album that will always be nostalgic but will always be relevant at the same time because it pretty much formed my entire music taste whilst being fucking amazing at the same time!




Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary

This is a band, and an album that had a pretty big impact on the way our band sounds. We had trouble deciding which Alkaline Trio album to choose, but Infirmary is probably the best fit - it's got a bunch of classics on there (Mr Chainsaw, Private Eye, Armageddon) which certainly influenced our songwriting and generally has a really great balance of fast, catchy punk rock songs with a bit of bite and a darker side. Lyrically it's right up our street, it's almost sarcastic in places, and both Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano put a pretty unique spin on things. Rarely a day goes by on tour when Trio doesn't come on in the van! Alex is such a fanboy he even has an Alkaline Trio tattoo.