Title: It Takes More Than Lyrics
Review: The British music press - which I've been reading for thirty years, on and off - grows increasingly discredited. Their championing of any group with an attitude, irrespective of the group's actual talent, is becoming pathetic - and a disgrace to the memory of the groups they dare invoke in their comparisons. This particular bunch of Northerners, with their sneering vocals and tales of drinking and clubbing, are being compared to Oasis, Franz Ferdinand, and even the Beatles. But even the worst of that trio - Oasis (by far) - occasionally wrote and recorded a tune or two. There isn't a single track on this album that's memorable for anything other than the words. That's not good enough. The Artic Monkey's front man said it best himself: "Don't believe the hype".
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