28-06-2010, 18:50
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A fine album from a fine band.
Art-Rock for the noughties. Like a slightly more sprightly Talking Heads.
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Hope of The States - The Lost Riots
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This band pinched some Post Rock moves - including a penchant for crescendos of shimmering, shrieking guitars & keyboards - but are actually much closer in substance to the Radioheads, & Coldplays.
Guitarist James Lawrence committed suicide at the studios before the album was completed...