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Went to see them last night, Bovey was in attendance too.

Thought they were quite good but reminded me of the alt-country Scouting For Girls in places.

Were they really worthy of band of the year in the SXP polls last year?

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I saw them live at ATP and although I enjoyed it their set didn't quite reach the dynamic heights created on the albums.

I'll pretend no one mentioned Scouting For Girls.

I meant more if Scouting For Girls did alt-country this could well be the end result. I said it to the girl stood in front of me who was going mental too and she said that Scouting For Girls are her 2nd favourite act!

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Life is what happens when you are busy making plans - John Winston Lennon

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I have to say they were a lot rockier than I expected. I also think last year was a fairly poor year for LPs. This year's already delivered about 6 or 7 real gems that I've been playing to death.

I'd have liked to be there, but I was at the Scala. Jens Lekman was good but the sound was scandalously bad. He wasn't quite as good as at the Luminaire but he had a band with him this time - made up of beautiful Swedes - so he was more "dancey". Bon Iver was stunningly good. The crowd was inhumanly tall.