Up The Bracket: Vinyl LP Halloween whilst every day a carbon

whilst every day a carbon copy of the last

And finally there’s the new hotshot on the scene

During the pandemic’s early days

the studio offered the band a sanctuary from real life

Up The Bracket: Vinyl LP Halloween whilst every day a carbonThe Libertines burst onto the scene with 'Up the Bracket', a debut album so confident and consistent that the easiest way to describe it is 2002's answer to 'Is This It'. Virtually every song on 'Up the Bracke't is chock full of the same kind of bouncy, aggressive guitars, expressive, economic drums, and irresistible hooks that made the Strokes' debut almost too catchy for the band's credibility.