It's nice to see Guillemots getting more positive coverage on Pitchfork, because it will encourage a lot more people I know to listen to them, but does it really have to be in such a (even by their standards) totally arsey way?
'And for those who didn't buy Whatever You Say I Am, That's What I'm Not on the first day of release during lunch hour at the Oxford HMV, here are Guillemots, who are to the Arctic Libershambles what the Beta Band were to Oasis in 1998, or what Badly Drawn Boy was to Travis in 2000-- a detour away from everyday pub-rock pabulum toward something more tasteful, more adventurous.'
Presuming that they meant Oxford Street, indeed I didn't - I was there on my way to work in the morning.
Maybe it's just me, but even when I'm not being specifically told that I'm not part of the club, setting out reviews in terms of what an act is against, or what they're not, seems to be a totally overused and horrible idea.
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