Constantines : Constantines

Rock 'n' roll has always been about transcending the banality of your everyday surroundings. The Constantines know this; it comes through in their lyrics, in their ethic, in their performances & particularly on this their debut album. When this record was first released in 2001 it was only available in their native Canada. It went on to be nominated for a Juno Award (Canada's answer to the Grammys) & very nearly broke the record for the longest charting album in Canadian campus radio history. & it garnered universal praise from the Canadian music press: '.Light[s] a fire beneath the post-Fugazi underground's ass that At the Drive-In promised but didn't deliver. Hard to imagine Canada producing a better album this year' Toronto Star. The response was just as glowing from those who managed to track down the record in the States:' The antidote for every boring & insincere rock record I've heard this year' Magnet. Following the success of the Constantines' second album (first for Sub Pop), Shine A Light ('As diverse & intriguing a record as the North American underground has produced for some time' Observer (London); 'Shine A Light is truly thrilling; an inventive & addictive blend of growling riffs, frantic rhythms & deranged vocals, & it's going to make you fall utterly head over heals for them' Kerrang!), their self-titled debut is available outside of Canada for the first time.