{"id":11366,"date":"2015-03-16T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/"},"modified":"2015-03-16T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T17:00:33","slug":"exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive EP Premiere:\u00a0Oui Legionnaires – It’s Not What You Need, It’s What You’ve Got (so shut it) EP"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/figure>\n

This Saturday self-proclaimed “yelpcore” trio Oui Legionnaires<\/b> release their new EP, ‘It’s Not What You Need, It’s What You’ve Got (so shut it)’<\/i>. The EP sees the trio as DIY as ever, as they display a mix of scrappy emo punk that is reminscent of early Brand New and more recent bands; Modern Baseball and Johnny Foreigner.<\/p>\n

Ahead of its release, we’ve teamed up with the Cheltenham three piece to stream the EP in full. On top of that, vocalist\/bassist Chris Townsend talked us through the EP track-by-track. <\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

1. Dear Charlie, please write a hilarious title for this song, lots of love Chris.mp3<\/b>

\nOkay, firstly, I\u2019ve already mentioned the title, a tongue in cheek, ironic title because I was too lazy to come up with anything. Musically it\u2019s been reviewed as being an unnecessary track for the EP, the point being it\u2019s only 46 seconds long but actually it\u2019s purpose and influence comes from a band called I Kill Giants from Boston, MA. They split up last year 1 day after I first listened to them by sheer coincidence (honestly, it had nothing to do with me) and I loved them from the first note, they released an EP of short songs and it was a sort of homage to them. It\u2019s got all the elements of a standard length song; verse, chorus, middle 8, different time signatures, catchy little riff\u2026 there\u2019s everything in there that makes it a structurally sound track, it just happens to be under a minute long\u2026 no big deal.<\/p>\n

2. F**k You Nottingham<\/b>
\nAhhh Nottingham\u2026 my nemesis. I\u2019ll come clean, I don\u2019t have anything against Nottingham as a place, it\u2019s not a bad city, they\u2019ve got a castle and a tram system, that\u2019s pretty rad. It\u2019s just the connections with people and bad things that have happened to me while I\u2019ve been there. I nearly walked under a bus there on our first tour (not on purpose). The song originally started out as a Casio drumbeat acoustic demo me and Charlie did, and the lyrics have been floating around for some time now. It\u2019s just relieving to have it recorded and released so I can finally move on from writing about ill-fated places and people and finally put that ghost to rest.<\/p>\n

3. Flat Peaks<\/b>
\nOnce upon a few years ago our hometown became over-saturated by indie bands, then by nu rave bands, then by folk bands, then by hardcore bands. Not that anything\u2019s wrong with any of those genres but pandering to the aesthetic of a scene because of popularity is just a shitty thing to do. There was an alternate title to this as well; \u201cIf I wanted to see twats in flat peaked caps, I\u2019d go to a hardcore show in Cheltenham\u201d<\/i> (in that kind of half joking Blakfish way of writing song titles) and for a long time it just seemed like there was no progression and all the kids going to shows just seemed to act like arrogant d-bags, it\u2019s about being sick of what\u2019s happening around you by a music scene that will just eventually consume itself by genre based gluttony. I want to point out that I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m any kind of musical jesus by any stretch and it\u2019s just an opinion based on being in and working with bands around that time.<\/p>\n

4. Aimee Hooper\u2019s M4 Party Express<\/b>
\nPossibly the hardest song title ever to explain to anyone.
\nA friend of mine got invited to a public Facebook event; a girl\u2019s 18th birthday party at Spatz nightclub in Swansea, he didn\u2019t know her and definitely didn\u2019t know the reason for the invitation, quite a few other people also found themselves in similar circumstances. Eventually he hatched a plan with 4 of his friends to each invite 1,000 people each to this public event. The girl who\u2019s birthday it was, saw these thousands of people apparently “attending” her 18th in Swansea, and she hit the roof, expletives and obscenities flew around that event page and it soon became apparent that she was not a particularly nice person. I foolishly got involved and publicly asked if anybody would be interested in chipping in for a minibus to pick people up along the M4 on the way to the nightclub, she was not happy with this idea. I, of course wasn\u2019t being serious about any of this but the sight of my last post of \u201cPARTY EXPRESS!…\u201d<\/i> just seemed to perfect to pass up.<\/p>\n

5. Million Dollar Shark Punch<\/b>
\nSimply, a friend asked me one summer when we were bored if I\u2019d ever punch a dog in the face for a million dollars, obviously I said no. They then said, \u201chow about a shark?\u201d<\/i> I said yes, naturally, and that also I\u2019d do it for free. I hate sharks, they\u2019re terrifying. I don\u2019t know what it was about that summer but it somehow spawned this song, what we know notably as our (circa 2003) emo summer hit.<\/p>\n

‘It’s Not What You Need, It’s What You’ve Got (so shut it)’<\/i> EP by Oui Legionnaires<\/b> is released on Saturday 21st March. You can pick up the EP from Bandcamp<\/a> and Big Cartel<\/a>. Oui Legionnaires<\/b> will also be on tour in June with dates to be announced soon.<\/p>\n

Oui Legionnaires<\/b> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a>|Big Cartel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Saturday self-proclaimed “yelpcore” trio Oui Legionnaires release their new EP, ‘It’s Not What You Need, It’s What You’ve Got (so shut it)’. The EP sees the trio as DIY as ever, as they display a mix of scrappy emo punk that is reminscent of early Brand New and more recent bands; Modern Baseball and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[62,6009,6345,6341,6342],"class_list":["post-11366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive","tag-already-heard","tag-already-heard-track-guide","tag-its-not-what-you-need-its-what-youve-got-so-shut-it-ep","tag-its-not-what-you-need-its-what-youve-got-so-shut-it","tag-oui-legionnaires"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nExclusive EP Premiere:\u00a0Oui Legionnaires - It's Not What You Need, It's What You've Got (so shut it) EP - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This Saturday self-proclaimed “yelpcore” trio Oui Legionnaires release their new EP, ‘It’s Not What You Need, It’s What\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Exclusive EP Premiere:\u00a0Oui Legionnaires - It's Not What You Need, It's What You've Got (so shut it) EP - Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This Saturday self-proclaimed “yelpcore” trio Oui Legionnaires release their new EP, ‘It’s Not What You Need, It’s What\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-16T17:00:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nl7h8vQtbY1qztcot.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Exclusive EP Premiere:\u00a0Oui Legionnaires - It's Not What You Need, It's What You've Got (so shut it) EP - Already Heard Staging","description":"This Saturday self-proclaimed “yelpcore” trio Oui Legionnaires release their new EP, ‘It’s Not What You Need, It’s What","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Exclusive EP Premiere:\u00a0Oui Legionnaires - It's Not What You Need, It's What You've Got (so shut it) EP - Already Heard Staging","og_description":"This Saturday self-proclaimed “yelpcore” trio Oui Legionnaires release their new EP, ‘It’s Not What You Need, It’s What","og_url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/","og_site_name":"Already Heard Staging","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","article_published_time":"2015-03-16T17:00:33+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nl7h8vQtbY1qztcot.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_site":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/508ed29771f8c5b56fdcf4695f22a2a3"},"headline":"Exclusive EP Premiere:\u00a0Oui Legionnaires – It’s Not What You Need, It’s What You’ve Got (so shut it) EP","datePublished":"2015-03-16T17:00:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/"},"wordCount":951,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nl7h8vQtbY1qztcot.jpg","keywords":["Already Heard","Already Heard Track Guide","It's Not What You Need It's What You've Got (so shut it) EP","It\u2019s Not What You Need It\u2019s What You\u2019ve Got (So Shut It)","Oui Legionnaires"],"articleSection":["Exclusive"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/","name":"Exclusive EP Premiere:\u00a0Oui Legionnaires - It's Not What You Need, It's What You've Got (so shut it) EP - Already Heard Staging","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nl7h8vQtbY1qztcot.jpg","datePublished":"2015-03-16T17:00:33+00:00","description":"This Saturday self-proclaimed “yelpcore” trio Oui Legionnaires release their new EP, ‘It’s Not What You Need, It’s What","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/exclusive-ep-premiere-oui-legionnaires-its-not\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nl7h8vQtbY1qztcot.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_inline_nl7h8vQtbY1qztcot.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","name":"Already Heard Staging","description":"Covering the best in alternative music as best as we can","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization","name":"Already Heard","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Already Heard"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","https:\/\/x.com\/alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alreadyheard\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/already-heard\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AlreadyHeardMusic","https:\/\/tiktok.com\/@alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@alreadyheard"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/508ed29771f8c5b56fdcf4695f22a2a3","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcf4d491c971b5225a3e3c450225c0ae6ba0217be8f6ecb776a9506d4aa5595f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcf4d491c971b5225a3e3c450225c0ae6ba0217be8f6ecb776a9506d4aa5595f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bcf4d491c971b5225a3e3c450225c0ae6ba0217be8f6ecb776a9506d4aa5595f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}