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The Slippery Grooves choose in the 9th round, 209th pick overall,
for the 2006-2008 category,
Art Brut - It's a Bit Complicated

Art Brut are an English and German indie rock band. Their debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, was released on 30 May 2005, with its follow up, It's a Bit Complicated, released on 25 June 2007. Named after French painter Jean Dubuffet's definition of Outsider Art -- art by prisoners, loners, the mentally ill, and other marginalized people, and made without thought to imitation or presentation -- South London's Art Brut were tagged by NME as part of the "Art Wave" scene that also includes bands such as Athlete, Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party.

It's a Bit Complicated is the second album by British band Art Brut. It is the follow-up to their debut album Bang Bang Rock & Roll and was released on June 19, 2007. It debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #123.[citation needed]


Track listing

1. "Pump Up the Volume" - 2:56
2. "Direct Hit" - 3:34
3. "St Pauli" - 2:58
4. "People in Love" - 3:04
5. "Late Sunday Evening" - 3:11
6. "I Will Survive" - 3:31
7. "Post Soothing Out" - 3:15
8. "Blame It on the Trains" - 3:01
9. "Sound of Summer" - 2:48
10. "Nag Nag Nag Nag" - 3:10
11. "Jealous Guy" - 3:18

• Direct Hit was featured in EA Sports FIFA 08 and also features Animals That Swim frontman, Hank Starrs, on vocals.

Allmusic link
Metacritic link
NME link

Direct Hit

Nag Nag Nag Nag (the first single)

Pump Up the Volume (ignore the blank video after ~4:25)