09-12-2011, 14:16
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Hard copy.
Sounds even better in real life.
The material here isn't significantly different to much of what they released 30+ years ago, which is fine by me.
The closest similarity I could draw to this album musically would probably be Siouxsie & The Banshees, or late-period PiL. Love this sort of thing, and I'll be surprised if this doesn't get my album of the year accolade.
There's one sexually graphic song on here which feels a bit uncomfortable, but Magazine were never really about comfort...
Great music, combined with Devoto's dark & enigmatic lyrics/vocals, make for some superbly unsettling songs.
Still not scored by AllMusic, but getting strong reviews elsewhere.
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"
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