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Having emerged through a hail of fanfares just over a year ago with the incessantly catchy 'Put You In Your Place', the tide is starting to turn for The Sunshine Underground. _Or_, to pose the question more succinctly: am I the only person who feels distinctly underwhelmed by this lot?
Packed with promise and a healthy use of cowbells and bass lines, the early signs were that The Sunshine Underground looked set to be the UK's answer to Radio 4 and The Rapture – their hybrid of punk, funk and rock might just create a new dimension for up-and-coming bands to aspire to.
Sadly, one listen to 'Borders' dispels that myth quite adversely and only points at what cynics were probably whispering under their breath as long ago as December 2005: The Sunshine Underground are merely just another ‘indie’ band without ambition.
Disappointing.
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I'm with you Dom
Commercial Breakdown is a tune, in the old-school indie one-hit wonder tradition of the latter 90s, but the albums a bit of a bore. And by a bit I mean I can't remember anything bar said song, and have no idea which of them Borders is.
saw these
live last wednesday at the nme shgow, and they were really good, gave me a new found fondness for their album, although they do some times veer a little close to Killers Territory
This band
is just The Music under another name. I am sure of it.
This is
actually my favourite song of theirs. Surprised by the 5!
Mine too...
Better even than put you in your place or commercial breakdown. The rest of raise the alarm aint that great, but this song is quality.
I do trust
You gave it more than "one listen"? I think this has more substamnce than 'Put You In Your Place'.
...they're still abit rubbish mind you, three good songs, tops.
Better Live
I really like this track on the album, not sure it's a great single though. It's their most straight-ahead "indie" tune without their usual dancey-ness. They are brilliant live though
oh come on, they are a good band
with ambition. its just that they need a promo song and some more dates. thats it.
This reviewer is WRONG
so very wrong....



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