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Title: Pointless Pop Drivel
Review: All this album is is a pointless exercise in how to make pop unpalatable. Let's not kid ourselves, pop's standing as a legitimate musical genre has been cemented by Scott Walker, Ray Davies, Damon Albarn, John Lennon, Danger Mouse, Syd Barrett and others. However, every once in a while, a band challenges this long standing high pedigree. The recent flood of poor poppists has done its very best to eliminate pop's legitimacy. When I first noticed this album, I was excited, it seemed to have glowing reviews that went on and on about it's '60's sounds and classic vocalist, an excellent recipe for a pop album. After I listen to a few tracks, it became rapidly clear that this was not going to be a good pop band, but rather a tired, derivative, and, at its worst, shrilly unlistenable album. The '60's sounds that were noted were nothing more than the occasional mod sound or flourish. The vocalist, while not bad, isn't actually that wonderful and certainly is not original.
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