"Its third episode heavily featured the Cribs' bassist and vocalist Gary Jarman talking about his band's first flush of mid-00s fame. It centred on their 2005 single Hey Scenesters!, from which the episode also took its name. It was a curious choice: on close examination, Hey Scenesters! wasn't a celebration of what some people unfortunately dubbed the New Rock Revolution so much as the sound of Jarman and his bandmate brothers poking fun at it."
"There was the peculiar dichotomy of the Cribs in a nutshell. They were a band so of the mid-00s moment that they were nearly signed to a record label founded by Myspace. But they always seemed slightly apart from the scene. They were certainly less voracious in the pursuit of mainstream success than contemporaries Razorlight or Kaiser Chiefs: A cash injection, a nasty infection don't regret it, offers a song from their ninth album, Selling a Vibe, with the pointed title Self Respect."
The Cribs' 2005 single Hey Scenesters! critiques the mid-00s New Rock Revolution through a satirical, mocking tone rather than celebration. The band occupied a paradoxical position: firmly of the mid-00s moment yet slightly apart from its fashions and celebrity ambitions. They pursued mainstream success less aggressively than contemporaries and aligned with pre-Britpop notions of indie that prized distance from mass attention and prioritized artistic freedom. Endorsements from figures like Edwyn Collins, Lee Ranaldo, Johnny Marr and Steve Albini reinforced their credibility. The band sustained respectable sales and continued to have Top 10 albums after the decade's alt-rock vogue faded.
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