Anthems for Doomed Youth
A third Libertines album once seemed about as likely as a fifth Smiths LP. Like recovery, Anthems for Doomed Youth takes things one step at a time. It's an absorbing listen front to back, rich with mood and gorgeous melodies.
A whole generation gets nostalgic when they think about what The Libertines used to mean to them. On this evidence, the band miss those days just as much.
Pete Doherty and co play with their own mythology and craft new arena-ready anthems on long-awaited third album
Check out our album review of Artist's Anthems for Doomed Youth on Rolling Stone.com.
In 2004, after a barely-made-it-out self-titled album, the Libertines imploded at the height of their exciting but unpredictable rise. In 20...
The concept of certain members of The Libertines actually existing within this mortal sphere in 2015 was a colossal source of doubt for some time back in the mid-'00s, let alone that they would be still releasing music together as a band.
An air of cynicism has always followed The Libertines. Ever since their initial heyday through to their 2010 live reunion they've polarised opinion.
Their newfound clarity can’t disguise the fact that the Libertines’ moment has long gone
Review of The Libertines new album Anthems for Doomed Youth, out today on Virgin/EMI Records. The lead track from 'Anthems for Doomed Youth' is "Gunga Din".
It has its flaws, but the first new album from the re-formed Libertines is better than anyone might reasonably have hoped
Doherty and Co return to the fray with more tales of London’s seedy underbelly. CD review by Guy Oddy