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Top stuff. Really, really good. I'm not quite sure just why I like this so much, which is, I
guess, precisely why I like it so much. If that makes sense. This is hyperactive, joyful,
plinky-plonky semi-boogie semi-woogie rock of the most spectacularly marvellous type. Kinda
sounds like Muse, a little, around the edges, but the lyrics are moreadult. Virgin listeners
will have heard a lot of it, because it's the breakfast show record of the week. I seriously
recommend you buy this. Seriously. It's just so unbelievably cool. They're touring right this
very second go and see them; when I say that their lead guitarist is worth the entry price on
his own, I'm not kidding. It's thunderously funky stuff.
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Full on driving rock'n'roll. Heavy and tuneful with plenty of piano banging and something
Beatleish about the harmonies. If you like pop tunes but believe rock should split eardrums,
this is for you. Noisy as hell, with manners. Classic. And, on the evidence presented here,
should be a good live experience.
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Born by chance from an evening of ugly violence, The 45s are the latest act to pop up on the
heavily plundered Ugly Man records. Kind of like Squeeze on ecstasy with big riffs, they make
catchy and uplifting anthems with plenty of swagger. A proper collection of tracks with no
fillers and no mucking about, check this debut
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"The 45s were born in Austin, Texas, at the end of a night of violence, fear, tequila,
surprise and triumph." I could tell you the rest of that story but then this wouldn't be a
review, would it? Ask them about it next time you see them, it's pretty funny.
Anyway, a good story does not a band make. Fantastic music does though; this is pop but a bit
louder. The 45s sound like a Death Metal Ben Folds Five, only without the Death, Metal or Ben
Folds Five. Confused? Good!
Something tells me you won't be confused for very much longer. 4/5