I should probably have done this as an answer to AKA Vasquez's Vox Hunt earlier in the week because everyone I
But I am glad at least that The Verve are reforming. For the second time.
I love the whole slightly miserable, north-west England sound that is also so distinctly British. I don't know how successful they were outside Britain but I can't imagine their songs being played and appreciated anywhere other than here. But then the Arctic Monkey's seem to be enjoying some success in America so maybe I'm being unfair.
I hope they stay together long enough to get a new album out but with their history and Richard Ashcroft's ego it's unlikely to be a long and illustrious recording career together.
Here are a couple of tracks and I've purposefully avoided Bitter Sweet Symphony, even though it is an excellent song.