3.8.05

Pitchfork on the ball

Patrick Wolf arrested? You don't say!

Seeing Clor's album reviewed favourably there the other day was a pleasant surprise though, as I had presumed it would be one of the seemingly endless numbers of UK albums to get a 6.1/10 review there 9 months after it's British release. Less pleasing is that it is one of their more irritatingly studied reviews featuring lines like 'first the prechorus, i.e., the four bars that make all the difference. Instead of launching into the refrain, with its one-line hook and beeline chord changes, Clor prime the canvas with a palate-cleansing arpeggiated riff', and a completely bizarre Arcade Fire comparison thrown in for good measure.

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