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Blameless
12+ albums
britishindierockbritpop1990s
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Sheffield based band from mid 90's, formed 1993. Thank goodness for small favours. The Sheffield, rock quartet Blameless has gone beyond the "flavour of the month" club and mercifully escaped the wrath of the British music media. "We haven't been slagged, let's put it that way," guitarist Matt Pirt said recently. "The British press are okay with us; we've always gotten really good reviews." Their no-frills, songs-come-first sound goes from energetic rock excursions to compressed pop tracks on their debut China/Atlantic album, "The Signs Are All There," recorded last year at Fort Apache Studios in Boston and overseen by producers Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade (Radiohead, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield). But don't try lumping them in with the so-called new British invasion, led by the suddenly platinum Oasis. "There's been fads, but we're not part of them," Pirt said. "There have been a lot more bands before the likes of us and Oasis. But I will say this, the more the British bands that sort of get through the doors certainly helps. It gives us a chance to come across and display our wares, and if you like it, you like it. If you don't, you don't. Blameless formed out of pub-born dreams in 1993 when friends Pirt, singer Jared Daley, bassist Jason Leggatt and drummer Jon Dodd had visions of tweaking British pop traditions a bit. "We just wanted to release our songs and hopefully get accepted by the public," Pirt said. "I think that's every band's goal, really,
