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THE COMMON VIEW – Single Review: “Cigarettes and Regrets”

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The Common View Cigarettes & Regrets

It seems a lot of new music was released on June 26, and so far I’ve reviewed three singles that dropped that day. Now I’m writing about yet another one, the latest single “Cigarettes and Regrets” by British alt-rock band The Common View. The young Leeds-based band is a favorite of mine, as I’m impressed by both their outstanding music and unflinchingly outspoken advocacy for social justice. Their lively and melodic style of alternative rock is influenced by elements of indie pop-rock, post-punk revival and rockabilly. Originally formed in 2018 by three University of Leeds students with a shared love of music – Dom Robertson (guitar, vocals), Jose Ignacio Barrera (guitar) and Jacob Lindsay (vocals) – the band now consists of five members, including the three aforementioned guys plus Joe Sykes (bass) and Will McKay (drums).

I featured them three times in 2019, most recently last October when I reviewed their wonderful EP Man on the Moon. The prolific band subsequently dropped another EP If Not Now, When?, as well as three more singles, the latest of which is “Cigarettes and Regrets”. It’s the 16th song they’ve recorded in the less than two years they’ve been a band! And one of the things I love about them is that no two songs sound alike.

“Cigarettes and Regrets” is a rousing rock’n’roll gem with frantic punk overtones that make for a bouncy head-banger. The guys are highly skilled musicians, consistently delivering outstanding instrumentals on all of their songs, and this one’s no exception. I love Dom and Jose’s fast-paced jangly guitars that erupt into a glorious torrent of swirling riffs in the chorus. Joe and Will drive the lively rhythm forward with their throbbing bass line and snappy drumbeats, respectively.

I also like that The Common View has two fine vocalists, and I believe it’s Dom who sings lead vocals on this song. He croons the lyrics that speak of someone who’s cheated on his girlfriend with a one-night stand he picked up at a bar, and regretting his actions the next morning: “You wake up in the morning all full of regret. The taste of her lips like your last cigarette. You don’t know what to say to this girl beside you. Now it won’t be long til your girlfriend is back. And shortly thereafter, you’ll be forced to pack. It’s all coming down, and it’s been your fault.”

The guys made a charming video that features a mix of stop action footage interspersed with humorous scenes of Jose packing up his instruments and himself into his guitar case, and Dom playing guitar and singing the song in various locations throughout the house. About the video, the band said “Our homemade video is a perfect reflection of how hard it is being a band during Lockdown.”

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Top 30 Songs for February 9-15, 2020

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1. ORPHANS – Coldplay (2)
2. MIGHT BE RIGHT – White Reaper (3)
3. WHITE LIES & PALM TREES – The Lovepools (1)
4. NOVOCAINE – The Unlikely Candidates (5)
5. YOU? – Two Feet (4)
6. REWARD – Paul Iwan (6)
7. THE RUNNER – Foals (7)
8. WARS – Of Monsters and Men (9)
9. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – Mumford & Sons (8)
10. 2ALL – Catfish and the Bottlemen (11)
11. THE BEST – AWOLNATION (12)
12. UNEVENTFUL DAYS – Beck (13)
13. USED TO LIKE – Neon Trees (15)
14. EVERYTHING I WANTED – Billie Eilish (18)
15. NIGHT TIME – Isolda (16)
16. LIFE IN THE CITY – The Lumineers (17)
17. DISSOLVE – Absofacto (10) 24th week on list
18. HOW WE LIVE – Mandalan featuring Cadence XYZ (20)
19. VAN HORN – Saint Motel (21)
20. MARINERS APARTMENT COMPLEX – Lana Del Rey (22)
21. DON’T START NOW – Dua Lipa (24)
22. ADORE YOU – Harry Styles (23)
23. LOVE YOU FOR A LONG TIME – Maggie Rogers (25)
24. DANCE OF THE CLAIRVOYANTS – Pearl Jam (30)
25. CAN’T STOP – Vox Eagle (26)
26. MAN ON THE MOON – The Common View (14)
27. UNCHAINED – Devon Gilfillian (28)
28. BLACK MADONNA – Cage the Elephant (29)
29. CIRCLES – Post Malone (19)
30. LOST IN YESTERDAY – Tame Impala (N)

Top 30 Songs for February 2-8, 2020

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1. WHITE LIES & PALM TREES – The Lovepools (1)
2. ORPHANS – Coldplay (3)
3. MIGHT BE RIGHT – White Reaper (4)
4. YOU? – Two Feet (2)
5. NOVOCAINE – The Unlikely Candidates (6)
6. REWARD – Paul Iwan (7)
7. THE RUNNER – Foals (8)
8. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – Mumford & Sons (9)
9. WARS – Of Monsters and Men (10)
10. DISSOLVE – Absofacto (5) 23rd week on list
11. 2ALL – Catfish and the Bottlemen (12)
12. THE BEST – AWOLNATION (13)
13. UNEVENTFUL DAYS – Beck (15)
14. MAN ON THE MOON – The Common View (11)
15. USED TO LIKE – Neon Trees (18)
16. NIGHT TIME – Isolda (17)
17. LIFE IN THE CITY – The Lumineers (19)
18. EVERYTHING I WANTED – Billie Eilish (27)
19. CIRCLES – Post Malone (14)
20. HOW WE LIVE – Mandalan featuring Cadence XYZ (21)
21. VAN HORN – Saint Motel (22)
22. MARINERS APARTMENT COMPLEX – Lana Del Rey (23)
23. ADORE YOU – Harry Styles (24)
24. DON’T START NOW – Dua Lipa (25)
25. LOVE YOU FOR A LONG TIME – Maggie Rogers (26)
26. CAN’T STOP – Vox Eagle (28)
27. ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL – Billie Eilish (16)
28. UNCHAINED – Devon Gilfillian (N)
29. BLACK MADONNA – Cage the Elephant (N)
30. DANCE OF THE CLAIRVOYANTS – Pearl Jam (N)

Top 30 Songs for January 26-February 1, 2020

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1. WHITE LIES & PALM TREES – The Lovepools (2)
2. YOU? – Two Feet (1)
3. ORPHANS – Coldplay (3)
4. MIGHT BE RIGHT – White Reaper (4)
5. DISSOLVE – Absofacto (5) 22nd week on list
6. NOVOCAINE – The Unlikely Candidates (8)
7. REWARD – Paul Iwan (9)
8. THE RUNNER – Foals (11)
9. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – Mumford & Sons (13)
10. WARS – Of Monsters and Men (14)
11. MAN ON THE MOON – The Common View (12)
12. 2ALL – Catfish and the Bottlemen (15)
13. THE BEST – AWOLNATION (16)
14. CIRCLES – Post Malone (6)
15. UNEVENTFUL DAYS – Beck (17)
16. ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL – Billie Eilish (10)
17. NIGHT TIME – Isolda (18)
18. USED TO LIKE – Neon Trees (19)
19. LIFE IN THE CITY – The Lumineers (20)
20. CALM DOWN – Pete Yorn (7)
21. HOW WE LIVE – Mandalan featuring Cadence XYZ (23)
22. VAN HORN – Saint Motel (24)
23. MARINERS APARTMENT COMPLEX – Lana Del Rey (25)
24. ADORE YOU – Harry Styles (26)
25. DON’T START NOW – Dua Lipa (27)
26. LOVE YOU FOR A LONG TIME – Maggie Rogers (28)
27. EVERYTHING I WANTED – Billie Eilish (29)
28. CAN’T STOP – Vox Eagle (30)
29. UNDERGROUND – MISSIO (21) 19th week on list
30. DRIFTING AWAY – Stereohaze (22) 19th week on list

Top 30 Songs for January 19-25, 2020

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1. YOU? – Two Feet (5th week at #1)
2. WHITE LIES & PALM TREES – The Lovepools (2)
3. ORPHANS – Coldplay (3)
4. MIGHT BE RIGHT – White Reaper (5)
5. DISSOLVE – Absofacto (6) 21st week on list
6. CIRCLES – Post Malone (4)
7. CALM DOWN – Pete Yorn (7)
8. NOVOCAINE – The Unlikely Candidates (8)
9. REWARD – Paul Iwan (9)
10. ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL – Billie Eilish (10)
11. THE RUNNER – Foals (13)
12. MAN ON THE MOON – The Common View (14)
13. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – Mumford & Sons (15)
14. WARS – Of Monsters and Men (16)
15. 2ALL – Catfish and the Bottlemen (17)
16. THE BEST – AWOLNATION (18)
17. UNEVENTFUL DAYS – Beck (19)
18. NIGHT TIME – Isolda (20)
19. USED TO LIKE – Neon Trees (21)
20. LIFE IN THE CITY – The Lumineers (22)
21. UNDERGROUND – MISSIO (11)
22. DRIFTING AWAY – Stereohaze (12)
23. HOW WE LIVE – Mandalan featuring Cadence XYZ (25)
24. VAN HORN – Saint Motel (26)
25. MARINERS APARTMENT COMPLEX – Lana Del Rey (28)
26. ADORE YOU – Harry Styles (29)
27. DON’T START NOW – Dua Lipa (30)
28. LOVE YOU FOR A LONG TIME – Maggie Rogers (N)
29. EVERYTHING I WANTED – Billie Eilish (N)
30. CAN’T STOP – Vox Eagle (N)

Top 30 Songs for January 12-18, 2020

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1. YOU? – Two Feet (4th week at #1)
2. WHITE LIES & PALM TREES – The Lovepools (3)
3. ORPHANS – Coldplay (4)
4. CIRCLES – Post Malone (2)
5. MIGHT BE RIGHT – White Reaper (6)
6. DISSOLVE – Absofacto (5) 20th week on list
7. CALM DOWN – Pete Yorn (9)
8. NOVOCAINE – The Unlikely Candidates (10)
9. REWARD – Paul Iwan (11)
10. ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL – Billie Eilish (12)
11. UNDERGROUND – MISSIO (7)
12. DRIFTING AWAY – Stereohaze (8)
13. THE RUNNER – Foals (13)
14. MAN ON THE MOON – The Common View (14)
15. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – Mumford & Sons (15)
16. WARS – Of Monsters and Men (16)
17. 2ALL – Catfish and the Bottlemen (17)
18. THE BEST – AWOLNATION (18)
19. UNEVENTFUL DAYS – Beck (21)
20. NIGHT TIME – Isolda (23)
21. USED TO LIKE – Neon Trees (24)
22. LIFE IN THE CITY – The Lumineers (26)
23. UNDER THESE SCARS – Falling Into Red ft. Dev (19) 19th week on list
24. LONELY – Secret American (20)
25. HOW WE LIVE – Mandalan featuring Cadence XYZ (29)
26. VAN HORN – Saint Motel (30)
27. THE END OF THE GAME – Weezer (25)
28. MARINERS APARTMENT COMPLEX – Lana Del Rey (N)
29. ADORE YOU – Harry Styles (N)
30. DON’T START NOW – Dua Lipa (N)

Top 30 Songs for January 5-11, 2020

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1. YOU? – Two Feet (1)
2. CIRCLES – Post Malone (2)
3. WHITE LIES & PALM TREES – The Lovepools (4)
4. ORPHANS – Coldplay (7)
5. DISSOLVE – Absofacto (3)
6. MIGHT BE RIGHT – White Reaper (9)
7. UNDERGROUND – MISSIO (5)
8. DRIFTING AWAY – Stereohaze (6)
9. CALM DOWN – Pete Yorn (8)
10. NOVOCAINE – The Unlikely Candidates (10)
11. REWARD – Paul Iwan (12)
12. ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL – Billie Eilish (13)
13. THE RUNNER – Foals (15)
14. MAN ON THE MOON – The Common View (16)
15. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – Mumford & Sons (17)
16. WARS – Of Monsters and Men (18)
17. 2ALL – Catfish and the Bottlemen (19)
18. THE BEST – AWOLNATION (20)
19. UNDER THESE SCARS – Falling Into Red featuring Dev (11)
20. LONELY – Secret American (14)
21. UNEVENTFUL DAYS – Beck (24)
22. BEEN BUSY – Thunder Fox (23)
23. NIGHT TIME – Isolda (27)
24. USED TO LIKE – Neon Trees (28)
25. THE END OF THE GAME – Weezer (21)
26. LIFE IN THE CITY – The Lumineers (30)
27. THE HYPE – twenty øne piløts (25) 23rd week on list
28. OBSESSION – Joywave (29)
29. HOW WE LIVE – Mandalan featuring Cadence XYZ (N)
30. VAN HORN – Saint Motel (N)

Top 30 Songs for December 29, 2019-January 4, 2020

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1. YOU? – Two Feet (1)
2. CIRCLES – Post Malone (2)
3. DISSOLVE – Absofacto (4)
4. WHITE LIES & PALM TREES – The Lovepools (7)
5. UNDERGROUND – MISSIO (3)
6. DRIFTING AWAY – Stereohaze (6)
7. ORPHANS – Coldplay (8)
8. CALM DOWN – Pete Yorn (11)
9. MIGHT BE RIGHT – White Reaper (14)
10. NOVOCAINE – The Unlikely Candidates (12)
11. UNDER THESE SCARS – Falling Into Red featuring Dev (5)
12. REWARD – Paul Iwan (13)
13. ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL – Billie Eilish (15)
14. LONELY – Secret American (10)
15. THE RUNNER – Foals (18)
16. MAN ON THE MOON – The Common View (19)
17. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – Mumford & Sons (21)
18. WARS – Of Monsters and Men (22)
19. 2ALL – Catfish and the Bottlemen (23)
20. THE BEST – AWOLNATION (24)
21. THE END OF THE GAME – Weezer (20)
22. STAY HIGH – Brittany Howard (9)
23. BEEN BUSY – Thunder Fox (27)
24. UNEVENTFUL DAYS – Beck (28)
25. THE HYPE – twenty one pilots (16) 22nd week on list
26. SOMEONE YOU LOVED – Lewis Capaldi (17)
27. NIGHT TIME – Isolda (29)
28. USED TO LIKE – Neon Trees (30)
29. OBSESSION – Joywave (25)
30. LIFE IN THE CITY – The Lumineers (N)

Top 30 Songs for December 22-28, 2019

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1. YOU? – Two Feet (2)
2. CIRCLES – Post Malone (1)
3. UNDERGROUND – MISSIO (3)
4. DISSOLVE – Absofacto (4)
5. UNDER THESE SCARS – Falling Into Red featuring Dev (5)
6. DRIFTING AWAY – Stereohaze (7)
7. WHITE LIES & PALM TREES – The Lovepools (8)
8. ORPHANS – Coldplay (12)
9. STAY HIGH – Brittany Howard (6)
10. LONELY – Secret American (11)
11. CALM DOWN – Pete Yorn (13)
12. NOVOCAINE – The Unlikely Candidates (14)
13. REWARD – Paul Iwan (15)
14. MIGHT BE RIGHT – White Reaper (17)
15. ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL – Billie Eilish (16)
16. THE HYPE – twenty one pilots (10) 21st week on list
17. SOMEONE YOU LOVED – Lewis Capaldi (9)
18. THE RUNNER – Foals (19)
19. MAN ON THE MOON – The Common View (20)
20. THE END OF THE GAME – Weezer (21)
21. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – Mumford & Sons (22)
22. WARS – Of Monsters and Men (23)
23. 2ALL – Catfish and the Bottlemen (24)
24. THE BEST – AWOLNATION (25)
25. OBSESSION – Joywave (18)
26. BEEN BUSY – Thunder Fox (27)
27. 16 – Highly Suspect (26)
28. UNEVENTFUL DAYS – Beck (30)
29. NIGHT TIME – Isolda (N)
30. USED TO LIKE – Neon Trees (N)

Top 30 Songs for December 15-21, 2019

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1. CIRCLES – Post Malone (1)
2. YOU? – Two Feet (3)
3. UNDERGROUND – MISSIO (2)
4. DISSOLVE – Absofacto (4)
5. UNDER THESE SCARS – Falling Into Red featuring Dev (7)
6. STAY HIGH – Brittany Howard (8)
7. DRIFTING AWAY – Stereohaze (9)
8. WHITE LIES & PALM TREES – The Lovepools (10)
9. SOMEONE YOU LOVED – Lewis Capaldi (5)
10. THE HYPE – twenty one pilots (6) 20th week on list
11. LONELY – Secret American (12)
12. ORPHANS – Coldplay (13)
13. CALM DOWN – Pete Yorn (14)
14. NOVOCAINE – The Unlikely Candidates (15)
15. REWARD – Paul Iwan (16)
16. ALL THE GOOD GIRLS GO TO HELL – Billie Eilish (17)
17. MIGHT BE RIGHT – White Reaper (18)
18. OBSESSION – Joywave (11)
19. THE RUNNER – Foals (24)
20. MAN ON THE MOON – The Common View (22)
21. THE END OF THE GAME – Weezer (21)
22. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND – Mumford & Sons (25)
23. WARS – Of Monsters and Men (26)
24. 2ALL – Catfish and the Bottlemen (27)
25. THE BEST – AWOLNATION (28)
26. 16 – Highly Suspect (29)
27. BEEN BUSY – Thunder Fox (30)
28. FIGHTER – Joseph (19)
29. GOOD THINGS FALL APART – ILLENIUM with Jon Bellion (20)
30. UNEVENTFUL DAYS – Beck (N)