The Resume

(1987- )
Formed in Scotland
Michael Sandison (July 14, 1971- )
Marcus Eoin (May 27, 1973- )
Recorded albums 'Music Has a Right to Children' and 'Geogaddi'

Why they might be annoying:

They're Scottish, not Canadian.
Their debut album has a bunch of teenagers on the cover with their faces erased (creepy).
Some have theories that they worship the devil and have subliminal messages in their music.
The length of Geogaddi is 66 minutes and 6 seconds (666), which adds to the theories.
They rarely do interviews or public appearances.

Why they might not be annoying:

They are renowned for their mellow yet hypnotic sound.
A sample of Leslie Nielsen doing a documentary voice over can be found on 'Geogaddi.'
There is an anti-censorship message near the end of 'Music Has a Right to Children.'
Sandison said 'We're not Satanists, or Christians, or Pagans. We're not religious at all. We just put symbols into our music sometimes, depending on what we're interested in at the time. We do care about people and the state of the world, and if we're spiritual at all it's purely in the sense of caring about art and inspiring people with ideas.'

Credit: Captain Hair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Almost Cool's Top 15 Albums [1998] (Ranked: 14)
• Almost Cool's Top 20 Albums [2002] (Ranked: 7)
• B.C. or A.D.
• Captain Hair's Profiles
• Drowned in Sound's Top 50 Albums [2005] (Ranked: 30)
• Duos
• I am Religiously Ambiguous
• I am Scottish
• I Covered 'Last Christmas'
• I Sing About a Year (Ranked: 1969)
• Look at Me, I'm in a Field or Meadow
• Metacritic's 30 Best Reviewed Albums [2002] (Ranked: 15)
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1998] (Ranked: 16)
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [2002] (Ranked: 17)
• New Musical Express' Top Tracks [2000] (Ranked: 43)
• Profiles 15001-15250 (Ranked: 15232)
• Rate Your Music Top 100 Albums [2002] (Ranked: 24)
• Spin's 50 Best Albums Of 2013 (Ranked: 7)
• Wire's Top Albums [2002] (Ranked: 3)
• Wire's Top Albums [2005] (Ranked: 10)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 101 Votes: 55.45% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 76.47% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 93 Votes: 65.59% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 107 Votes: 69.16% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 105 Votes: 58.10% Annoying