Title: Derivative to the extreme
Product review: Wow. Have to agree with the few others on here that are aghast at the popularity and positive reviews of this band. They sound like a Holiday Inn-style Smashing Pumpkins cover band--if said cover band consisted of 15-year olds. But be clear: the Pickups' can't play with anywhere NEAR the ferocity and/or virtuosity of either the Pumpkins' Billy Corgan or Jimmy Chamberlain.I may be only one of a few that finds this disgraceful--but unless you're a 13 year old girl or have never heard of the Smashing Pumpkins (in which case you should definitely buy that stuff first) -- keep moving on past this one. These guys should never have even been signed to a record deal--it's a travesty unoriginality like this is rewarded.Oh well. No matter. In a year this band will be long forgotten like all the other previous Pumpkins' rip-off bands (Abandoned Pools, etc.) were.
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