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Stealing of a Nation
I'm not really sure what happened to these
guys. Some might say that nothing happened to them and that,
in fact, they've always sucked. I'm also not sure what makes
bands go increasingly electronic with each album instead of
adding more, say, real drums. There are points in this
album that you'd swear you were listening to some awful 80's
techno hybrid. Although, come to think of it, that's what this
dancepunk thing is all about. Of course, these guys still wear
their love of The Clash on their
collective sleeve (the song "Nation" sounds pracitcally like
a cover), but this is their dramatic shift towards Big Audio
Dynamite. Despite all this, I swear multiple listens has endeared
me to this mess, rather than repelling me as it should. The
nostalgia in the non-techno-y tracks is palpable, and I'm a
sucker for recalling the past. God, who knows, even the shittiest
albums get their day in the iPOD. |
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