YMMV / Feeder

• Epic Riff: Buck Rogers. To the point that the riff alone is enough to drive a crowd nuts at concerts; fans will sing the opening riff in hope that the band actually plays it.
• First Installment Wins: Some fans consider Polythene the band's best album due to its heavier sound. However...
• Growing the Beard: ...it's with Yesterday Went Too Soon where the band started flesh out their own sound.
• Nightmare Fuel: "Cement", from their first album, is pretty much about stalking a girl and being turned on by it, and at the same time being repulsed by the act; the video doesn't help either.
  • Also from Polythene, "Descend" is a haunting song about proving one's sanity, and when played live (which is extended to 9 minutes or so) is pretty much Grant screaming "I'M NOT INSANE, CAN'T REACH THE PAIN".
• Sampled Up: The Dandy Warhols credits the band in their song "We Used to Be Friends" due to them using a similar riff to "Day In Day Out". The former would end up being used in TV shows like The O.C. and Veronica Mars (even being the theme song for the latter) and being covered by Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional.
• Signature Song: Either "High", "Buck Rogers", or "Just a Day".
• Song Association: "Just a Day", specially the "Alan Moulder Mix" is well known for it's appearance in the European intro of Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec.
• Suspiciously Similar Song: The chorus from "High" was largely compared to The Smashing Pumpkins' "Mayonaise".
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: B-sides like "Tomorrow Shine" and "Heads" are so calm, it can be pleasant to listen to.
  • Heck, even their album tracks "Find the Colour", "Tender" and "Sunrise" qualify, with their more sweeter tone and optimistic lyrics.
• Tear Jerker: Far too many. "Comfort in Sound", both the individual song and album, can be seen as the biggest example. The album was written mostly due to losing their drummer and great friend to suicide. The cover consists of a cartoon angel crying and almost all the songs are about Grant's personal way of dealing with loss, claustrophobia, depression, but most importantly having hope. Many see this album as Grant's finest hour of songwriting.
  • "Bitter Glass" from their next album Pushing the Senses deals with the fact that Grant felt he could have perhaps saved Jon from death. The opening line is "The thought of never knowing, would kill me all the same". What makes this lyric even more of a Tear Jerker is that Grant received a text message on his mobile from Jon, saying they needed to talk, but Grant had his mobile phone off. By the time the message reached Grant, it was too late.
  • The title song, "Yesterday Went Too Soon'' is possibly one of the most tear jerking breakup songs out there. The song is about wanting your ex-partner to see the pain the breakup has caused while trying to move on with life. "I wish I could show you, I wish you could, see through my eyes, tomorrow shines through, but I'm still missing yesterday", and what makes this song even more of a tear jerker is that "Yesterday Went Too Soon" is written on Jon Lee's grave.
• They Copied It, So It Sucks!: While being well received at the time, the band has gotten a bit of derision from the public press for Polythene's similarities to The Smashing Pumpkins and accusing them of riding the coattails of the dying Grunge scene from across the pond. This might be part of the reason to why they decided to take a different approach in songwriting on subsequent albums.
• Unintentional Period Piece: The car in "Buck Rogers" having a CD player puts the song specifically in the late 90s/early 2000s when most cars in the UK had cassette decks and CD players were associated with luxury cars. They are a lot more common nowadays, although streaming and USB playback have usurped their popularity.

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