10 Most Unappreciated Indie Rock Albums Of The 2000s

7. The Rumble Strips - Girls And Weather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp4C-54u3o8 The state of the indie rock formula of music was becoming quite stale by the time The Rumble Strips released their debut album in 2007 entitled Girls And Weather. The band however were a different beast altogether mainly because of their replacement of guitars (the indie rock staple) with brass instrumentation giving the album an invigorating change of pace from the usual genre output. However this doesn't mean it translated so well to the record buying public as the album peaked at a meagre Number 70 on the Official UK Album Charts, possibly because of the influx of fellow stable bands at the time or because the genre had already peaked and was on a downturn by that stage. Whatever the reason, many missed out on this unique hybrid of a record that sounded completely alien to anything else released at the time. It wasn't just the instrumentation differentiation that made the band stand out either because the album narrative was also very strong. It very much plays out like a coming of age record for the teenage millennial generation with songs like 'Girls And Boys In Love'; a track that encapsulates school romance perfectly, 'Alarm Clock'; a track that captures the frustration of morning routines or 'Motorcycle'; the childlike fantasy of transforming your bicycle into a motorcycle, all of this along with bright vocal melodies and expression seeping horns make this a joyous chunk of music that plays like the wonder of a child. Unfortunately one album later the band broke up leaving this fine relic of the noughties as an indie rock signpost on how to create an album that doesn't fit in with the current mold whilst still retaining a songwriting prowess that will be looked back on by many with new found appreciation.