Anyway, how poor was the Fiery Furnaces review? 1 out of 10. I've heard the album a couple of times and yes, I'll admit it's not immediate, clearly considering itself to be a concept album with one early track in particular almost unlistenable but persevere and there's some good stuff on there. It's not album of the year and I don't think it's as good as the debut but it's considerably better than 1 out of 10. Lazy journalism.
And am I alone in detecting a recent anti-US music stance...? Pages are being filled with Libs, Franz Ferdinand, Kasabian (who are shit!), Ordinary Boys (ditto), Razorlight... even 2 pages on the Rakes this week who are ok but not outstanding and Bloc Party are way short of the praise they are receiving. All that alone would be ok, after all these are indeed exciting times for the UK music industry but 1 out of 10 for the Furnaces and coverage of the Shins, Young Heart Attack, Mooney Suzuki and the Features ranges from minimal to non-existent. Sort it out!Statistics: Posted by Bovine Juice — Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:32 pm
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