What a Waster (Explicit)
Debut single for Rough Trade's great white hopes. One part The Jam's 'Down At The Tube Station At Midnight' & one part The Strokes 'Last Nite'. The Libertines narrate rent boy/junkie central London life so accurately, you can almost hear the flushing of subway urinals & the crunch of dirty needles under foot. Produced by Bernard Butler (formerly of Suede). Tracks, 'What A Waster', 'I Get Along' & 'Mayday'. 2002.