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Clichéd album review - one word at a time

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I'll start:

The

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Latest

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Beany | 18 April 2009 - 10:23am

opus

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Molesworth | 18 April 2009 - 10:24am

from

(OK - I'll do the boring words!)

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 10:27am

McFly

McFly

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backwards7 | 18 April 2009 - 10:29am

confounds

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Molesworth | 18 April 2009 - 10:31am

expectations

.

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Paul Chandler | 18 April 2009 - 10:43am

Eponymously

Eponymously

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Richie B | 18 April 2009 - 10:31am

yet

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 10:47am

utilises

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kidpresentable | 18 April 2009 - 10:53am

Psychedelic

Psychedelic

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Andy Mackenzie | 18 April 2009 - 11:00am

shimmering

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Molesworth | 18 April 2009 - 11:01am

soundscapes

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Patrick Crowther | 18 April 2009 - 11:02am

knowingly.

.

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DanP | 18 April 2009 - 11:04am

Unrepentant

Unrepentant

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Gauntlet | 18 April 2009 - 11:05am

Barrett-esque

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Patrick Crowther | 18 April 2009 - 11:07am

sonic cathedral

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stimpy | 18 April 2009 - 11:22am

(Oi!

That's cheating Stimps!)

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Colin H | 18 April 2009 - 11:16am

zeitgeist-affirming

...

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Colin H | 18 April 2009 - 11:17am

sophomore release

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stimpy | 18 April 2009 - 11:22am

One word

only!

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Fraser Lewry | 18 April 2009 - 11:27am

ascendant

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Retropath2 | 18 April 2009 - 11:24am

pile

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 11:29am

-driver

-driver

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David Hepworth | 18 April 2009 - 11:37am

derivative

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Nicodemus | 18 April 2009 - 11:37am

neoclassical

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Vulpes Vulpes | 18 April 2009 - 11:41am

marimba

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 11:42am

.

(my favourite kind of marimba)

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 11:44am

-laden.

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 11:47am

Side

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 11:47am

men

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tagbarrett | 18 April 2009 - 11:52am

Nils Lofgren,

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 11:55am

Which bit of ONE......

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 11:55am

sepulchral

sepulchral

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Richard Lowe | 18 April 2009 - 12:07pm

song-cycle

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 12:09pm

Beach

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SirTerence | 18 April 2009 - 12:14pm

covered

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kidpresentable | 18 April 2009 - 12:23pm

(No subject)

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Seamus | 18 April 2009 - 12:20pm

with

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Retropath2 | 18 April 2009 - 12:22pm

jellyfish

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 12:23pm

era-defining

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Sven Garlic | 18 April 2009 - 12:23pm

jangling

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Dr Yang | 18 April 2009 - 12:23pm

hypnotic

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kidpresentable | 18 April 2009 - 12:24pm

. However...,

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 12:25pm

sophomore

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Cadabra | 18 April 2009 - 12:25pm

<buzz>

Repetition. Oh hang on, it's an album review... Carry on.

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Dr Yang | 18 April 2009 - 12:28pm

evoking

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Retropath2 | 18 April 2009 - 12:25pm

galumphing

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SirTerence | 18 April 2009 - 12:25pm

outings

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 12:26pm

cerebral

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kidpresentable | 18 April 2009 - 12:26pm

dandies

.

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Beany | 18 April 2009 - 12:28pm

Brian

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SirTerence | 18 April 2009 - 12:31pm

's opus

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Sven Garlic | 18 April 2009 - 12:32pm

sneezed

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Beany | 18 April 2009 - 12:32pm

lustily

.

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Mark JF | 18 April 2009 - 12:33pm

crap

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Retropath2 | 18 April 2009 - 12:33pm

yet

.

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 12:37pm

wall

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Cadabra | 18 April 2009 - 12:39pm

-

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 12:53pm

of-

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 12:54pm

knees

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Retropath2 | 18 April 2009 - 12:59pm

hands

.

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Hot Cider | 18 April 2009 - 1:01pm

Boomps-a-daisy

...

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Colin H | 18 April 2009 - 1:04pm

lyrics

.

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Hot Cider | 18 April 2009 - 1:16pm

Wilson-esque

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 1:17pm

.soundscape

.

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Cobweb Steve | 18 April 2009 - 1:18pm

enshrined

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Retropath2 | 18 April 2009 - 1:19pm

widescreen

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Cadabra | 18 April 2009 - 1:27pm

plangent

.

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 1:27pm

doo-wop

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badartdog | 18 April 2009 - 1:42pm

is

.

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Hot Cider | 18 April 2009 - 1:44pm

repentant

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Molesworth | 18 April 2009 - 1:51pm

yet

.

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Hot Cider | 18 April 2009 - 1:54pm

evocative

.

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Retro Man | 18 April 2009 - 2:01pm

Krautrock

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 2:01pm

melange

...

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Colin H | 18 April 2009 - 2:07pm

on

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Cadabra | 18 April 2009 - 2:08pm

acid

.

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 2:10pm

****Q

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badartdog | 18 April 2009 - 2:11pm

. Echoes

.

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Hot Cider | 18 April 2009 - 2:12pm

Pastoral

,

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TJ Dizzle | 18 April 2009 - 2:14pm

Weeks

(crap pun, I know...)

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Paolo Meccano | 18 April 2009 - 2:19pm

(not at all, I rather...

...enjoyed it!)

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Colin H | 18 April 2009 - 3:00pm

Byrdsian

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Joe R | 18 April 2009 - 2:51pm

janglemeister

.

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Cobweb Steve | 18 April 2009 - 2:58pm

seminal

...

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Colin H | 18 April 2009 - 3:01pm

Achingly

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 3:09pm

perfect

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Cadabra | 18 April 2009 - 3:16pm

pop

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Joe R | 18 April 2009 - 3:20pm

moment

.

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Cobweb Steve | 18 April 2009 - 3:40pm

drenched

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 4:03pm

Beatles-esque

.

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Stephen Dowell | 18 April 2009 - 4:10pm

meditation

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Beezer | 18 April 2009 - 4:13pm

on

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 4:17pm

contemporary

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Beezer | 18 April 2009 - 4:20pm

post-rock

.

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 4:22pm

nihilism

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Joe R | 18 April 2009 - 4:27pm

mores

.

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 4:27pm
Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 4:32pm

robust

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Handsome.P.Wonderful | 18 April 2009 - 4:31pm

return

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 4:35pm

return-to-form

...

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Colin H | 18 April 2009 - 4:35pm

-esque

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Cadabra | 18 April 2009 - 4:41pm

but which one?

Spector, Beatles, Wilson, Dylan...?

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 4:49pm

Burl

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Los Aromas | 19 April 2009 - 12:10pm

challenging

.
(usually translates as unlistenable)

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 4:47pm

exploration

...

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TJ Dizzle | 18 April 2009 - 4:49pm

yet

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Beezer | 18 April 2009 - 4:49pm

strangely

...

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TJ Dizzle | 18 April 2009 - 4:57pm

sun-dappled

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stimpy | 18 April 2009 - 4:57pm

musings

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Beezer | 18 April 2009 - 5:00pm

, redolent

.

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Cobweb Steve | 18 April 2009 - 5:03pm

of

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Nicodemus | 18 April 2009 - 5:11pm

English

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Cobweb Steve | 18 April 2009 - 5:20pm

Brahms

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Joe R | 18 April 2009 - 5:20pm

juxtaposing

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Beezer | 18 April 2009 - 5:23pm

aesthetics

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kidpresentable | 18 April 2009 - 5:32pm

influenced

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Beezer | 18 April 2009 - 5:33pm

subversively

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Retropath2 | 18 April 2009 - 5:37pm

with

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kidpresentable | 18 April 2009 - 5:39pm

Orwellian

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Beezer | 18 April 2009 - 5:40pm

undertones

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Retropath2 | 18 April 2009 - 5:45pm

of

of

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Gauntlet | 18 April 2009 - 5:47pm

dystopian

.

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Cobweb Steve | 18 April 2009 - 5:48pm

meditative

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Joe R | 18 April 2009 - 5:48pm

hubris

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Retropath2 | 18 April 2009 - 5:49pm

yet

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Cobweb Steve | 18 April 2009 - 5:52pm

triumphant

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Cadabra | 18 April 2009 - 5:57pm

thumping

.

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Paul Thompson | 18 April 2009 - 5:59pm

zeitgeist

zeitgeist

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Gauntlet | 18 April 2009 - 6:01pm

surfing

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 6:09pm

re-imagining

re-imagining

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Gauntlet | 18 April 2009 - 6:12pm

full stop

we need a new sentence...

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 6:24pm

talentlessness

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Molesworth | 18 April 2009 - 6:23pm

hardly

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 6:24pm

matters

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Molesworth | 18 April 2009 - 6:27pm

with

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 6:39pm

electronica-esque

.

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 6:42pm

noodling

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Joe R | 18 April 2009 - 7:05pm

bouillebaise

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Chris G | 18 April 2009 - 7:07pm

which

which

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geacher53 | 18 April 2009 - 7:10pm

, double bass

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Molesworth | 18 April 2009 - 7:10pm

juxtaposition

.

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 7:12pm

is

.

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geacher53 | 18 April 2009 - 7:31pm

barely

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Bigsby | 18 April 2009 - 7:35pm

but

.

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 8:22pm

crucially

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Molesworth | 18 April 2009 - 8:25pm

(dub-esque)

.

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 8:42pm

du jour

.

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DanP | 18 April 2009 - 10:54pm

parenthetically

(calling Ian Penman)

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el hombre malo | 18 April 2009 - 11:25pm

crowbarred

(could not sleep)

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Beany | 19 April 2009 - 6:09am

challengingly

.

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el hombre malo | 19 April 2009 - 7:29am

wayward

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Nicodemus | 19 April 2009 - 7:50am

Polymathematical

....

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Richie B | 19 April 2009 - 8:01am

stylings

.

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el hombre malo | 19 April 2009 - 8:15am

shocking

.

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Six Dog | 19 April 2009 - 8:32am

yet

.

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el hombre malo | 19 April 2009 - 8:43am

anti-pop

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Retropath2 | 19 April 2009 - 9:04am

.Quintessentially

,

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 9:14am

understated

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Austin | 19 April 2009 - 9:21am

Americana

-

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 9:26am

Smorgasbord

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Graham Johns | 19 April 2009 - 9:31am

definitively

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Sam Fiddian | 19 April 2009 - 10:12am

re-inventing

.

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el hombre malo | 19 April 2009 - 10:22am

, channelling

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Thomas the Rhymer | 19 April 2009 - 10:32am

behemoths

behemoths

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Gauntlet | 19 April 2009 - 10:39am

like

like

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Gauntlet | 19 April 2009 - 10:41am

Derrida

.

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el hombre malo | 19 April 2009 - 11:17am

and

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Joe R | 19 April 2009 - 11:21am

quasi - Althusserian

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 11:27am

Barthes

,

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Graham Johns | 19 April 2009 - 11:26am

shot

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Graham Johns | 19 April 2009 - 11:28am

through

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Graham Johns | 19 April 2009 - 11:28am

with

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Graham Johns | 19 April 2009 - 11:29am

discordant

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 11:32am

dialectic

-

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 11:33am

de-emphasisng

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 11:34am

dominant

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 11:34am

phallo-centric

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 11:35am

self-confident

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Five-Centres | 19 April 2009 - 11:36am

ruminations

.

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el hombre malo | 19 April 2009 - 11:49am

on

-

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 12:08pm

postmodern

postmodern

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Gauntlet | 19 April 2009 - 12:11pm

nations

.

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Los Aromas | 19 April 2009 - 12:12pm

hubristic

-

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 12:13pm

Gossamer

.

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TJ Dizzle | 19 April 2009 - 12:15pm

Bin Laden

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Paolo Meccano | 19 April 2009 - 12:19pm

non-sequiters

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Sheev | 19 April 2009 - 12:44pm

It was...

...another (crap) pun.

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Paolo Meccano | 19 April 2009 - 1:03pm

quasi-

(go on - someone complete the obvious gag!)

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Colin H | 19 April 2009 - 12:44pm

-Mono

.

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geacher53 | 19 April 2009 - 12:57pm

syllabic

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Reno Dakota | 19 April 2009 - 1:07pm

Buckley

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Dr Yang | 19 April 2009 - 1:15pm

arhythmic

arhythmic

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TJ Dizzle | 19 April 2009 - 1:19pm

, yet

.

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el hombre malo | 19 April 2009 - 2:23pm

flatulent

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Bigsby | 19 April 2009 - 2:33pm

in

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Sven Garlic | 19 April 2009 - 3:36pm

a

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Sven Garlic | 19 April 2009 - 3:37pm

post

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Sven Garlic | 19 April 2009 - 3:37pm

Jungian

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Sven Garlic | 19 April 2009 - 3:38pm

manner

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Sven Garlic | 19 April 2009 - 3:38pm

. nevertheless.

. nevertheless.

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TJ Dizzle | 19 April 2009 - 4:27pm

that's your 200 words

the cheque is in the post make this a 4 star one as the label paid for a full page ad.

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Chris G | 19 April 2009 - 5:09pm

A bobbydazzler (Q) *****

Not reviewed (Word)

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Retropath2 | 19 April 2009 - 5:22pm

bellicose

or maybe bovine

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Richard Raftery | 19 April 2009 - 8:05pm

oom-pah

I had to be said.

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Heathcliff Masala | 20 April 2009 - 7:09pm

chutzpah

for that matter

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Bigsby | 20 April 2009 - 9:47pm

folksy

folksy

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deadkarlmarx | 20 April 2009 - 10:06pm

Rabelaisian

-

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Sheev | 20 April 2009 - 10:11pm

I don't suppose..

...anybody is willing to write this up? I can't imagine it will make much sense, so it may be good enough for the NME.

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Tom | 20 April 2009 - 10:15pm

I need to get a life, but here it is all stitched together

The latest opus from McFly confounds expectations eponymously yet utilises psychedelic shimmering soundscapes knowingly unrepentant Barret-esque sonic cathedral zeitgeist-affirming sophomore release ascendant pile-driver derivative neo-classical marimba-laden side men Nils Lofgren sepulchral song-cycle beach covered with jellyfish era-defining jangling hypnotic. However, sophomore evoking galumphing outings cerebral dandies. Brian's opus sneezed lustily crap yet wall of knees hands boomps-a-daisy lyrics Wilson-esque soundsscape enshrined widescreen plangent doo-wop is repentant yet evocative Krautrock melange on acid.
****Q

Echoed pastoral weeks Byrdsian janglemeister seminal achingly perfect pop moment drenched Beatles-esque meditation on contemporary post-rock nihilism mores. A robust return to burlesque form challenging exploration yet strangely sun-dappled musings, redolent of English Brahms juxtaposing aesthetics influenced subversively with Orwellian undertones of dystopian meditative hubris yet triumphant thumping zeitgeist surfing re-imagining. Talentlessness hardly matters with electronica-esque noodling bouillebaise which, double bass juxtaposition is barely but crucially (dub-esque) du jour parenthetically crowbarred challengingly wayward polymathematical stylings shocking yet anti-pop. Quintessentially understated Americana Smorgasbord definitively re-inventing, channelling behemoths like Derrida and quasi-Althusserian Barthes shot through with discordant dialectic de-emphasising dominant phallo-centirc self-confident ruminations on postmodern nations hubristic gossamer-laden quasi-monosyllabic Buckley arhythmic, yet flatulent in a post Jungian manner.
A bobbydazzler (Q) ******
Not reviewed (Word)

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Gauntlet | 22 April 2009 - 11:00am

I knew

it would be a Steely Dan album

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Sheev | 22 April 2009 - 12:50pm

Poptastic

It finished before I could say it.

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Retropath2 | 21 April 2009 - 7:42am

Byrdsian

Usually goes with jangling

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hello_its_campers | 21 April 2009 - 3:51pm

I thought that was

a review of Smorgasbord by the Byrdsian Janglemeisters (four more from them)

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SpaceBoy | 22 April 2009 - 2:52pm

Please forgive a little subbing,

I put some paras in and excised a single word and the double star rating. It's spookily plausable the album needs a title though.

The latest opus from McFly confounds expectations eponymously utilises psychedelic shimmering soundscapes knowingly unrepentant Barret-esque sonic cathedral zeitgeist-affirming sophomore release ascendant pile-driver derivative neo-classical marimba-laden.

Side man Nils Lofgren sepulchral song-cycle "beach covered with jellyfish" is era-defining jangling and hypnotic.

However, sophomore evoking galumphing outings cerebral dandies. Brian's opus sneezes lustily crap yet wall of knees hands boomps-a-daisy lyrics Wilson-esque soundscape enshrined widescreen plangent doo-wop is repentant yet evocative Krautrock melange on acid.

Echoed pastoral weeks' Byrdsian janglemeister seminal achingly perfect pop moment drenched Beatles-esque meditation on contemporary post-rock nihilism mores.

A robust return to burlesque form challenging exploration yet strangely sun-dappled musings, redolent of English Brahms juxtaposing aesthetics influenced subversively with Orwellian undertones of dystopian meditative hubris yet triumphant thumping zeitgeist surfing re-imagining.

Talentlessness hardly matters with electronica-esque noodling bouillebaise which, double bass juxtaposition is barely but crucially (dub-esque) du jour parenthetically crowbarred challengingly wayward polymathematical stylings shocking yet anti-pop.

Quintessentially understated Americana Smorgasbord definitively re-inventing, channelling behemoths like Derrida and quasi-Althusserian Barthes shot through with discordant dialectic de-emphasising dominant phallo-centirc self-confident ruminations on postmodern nations hubristic gossamer-laden quasi-monosyllabic Buckley arhythmic, yet flatulent in a post Jungian manner.
A bobbydazzler (Q) ******
Not reviewed (Word)

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Chris G | 22 April 2009 - 11:53pm

SoCal not Sokal

Somebody with the right skills needs to hack this into a rockcrit generator as a control ;-)

http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/

(and then we can get someone else to compose a folk ballad about how computers are killing the dignity of manual labour ;-))

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SpaceBoy | 23 April 2009 - 5:45am

and yet....

and yet....

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DLM | 5 May 2009 - 1:12am

Please forgive a little subbing...

Sounds like a great title to me...

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Gooner | 9 May 2009 - 12:00am
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