In terms of them being a successor to Joy Division I agree with you
chook - I think there are very clear influences on the band from JD
as well as other British bands around a similar period. However I
fooking adore their album and haven't stopped listening to it since I
bought it about 3 months ago!
Granted, they do wear a lot of black and there are similarities voice
wise but not much else. I saw them at Glastonbury and the music was
absolutely brilliant - emotionally they do alot for me and as for
being hyped by the British music press, I think they deserve some of
it for putting a different slant on the 'new rock revolution' stuff
that's been coming out of NYC lately. They certainly deserve a bit
more hype than those bloody Kings of Leon blokes have been getting -
talk about overrated!!
Anyway that's just what I think!
xxx


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<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> what are people's opinions on this band all the critics say sound
> like Joy Division?
> i've only heard 3 or 4 songs but i think they're nothing special,
> certainly not a modern day successor to Joy Division!
> as usual, the music weeklys have hyped up a new band far beyond
what
> said band deserves.