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Placebo? Not quite Reading but it hammered it down in Leeds for their set.

15, first festival, bruised two ribs on the front barrier from My Vitriol onwards. Brilliant.

Stereophonics headlined if I remember rightly. Ah well...

Phils. Lazy journalism eh? :)

my initial reaction but it definitely rewards repeated listens.

so it goes.

but I'll have to.

You make a perfectly valid point. I think a 7 veers towards saying an album's pretty average, but if you expected more from it, then it's a fair reflection.

On the other hand, I thought I had them pegged but was pleasantly surprised by it, hence the extra mark.

Jonny Mugwump your real name?

I'm impressed.

might be the longest opening sentence I've ever read.

liked it and would encourage people to buy it. I think it's worth the investment if an album's good songs outweigh its bad. So I didn't rave about how great it was, but surely the rating's only a quick reference point anyway?

What would you give it?

and I agree they won't be people's favourite band, but the point I'm trying to make is that if you heard 'I Woke Up Today' and bought the album on that basis, it really isn't indicative of the album as a whole.

to some extent, but if you just went on 'I Woke Up Today' you'd only really be scratching the surface.

When you think Van spends around half his time writing songs on an Alaskan fishing boat and the rest of it writing and performing back home, there's some interesting dynamics.

You're right about the live show, tis pretty full on.

call writing one song on the album a collaboration.

As for the mixing, well, perhaps I stand corrected but it's still primarily a Mason affair.

Jimmy Edgar co-wrote 'PPP' and mixed. Wouldn't go as far as calling it a collaboration.

It's a real struggle of an album. I desperately, desperately wanted to like it, but it's cold and lifeless.

As for the Crystal Castles comment, it's nowhere near as abrasive, more Mason's attempt at electro dirge which doesn't sit well with the rest of the album.

Zooey. No one else find it a bit too saccharine?

Battles were amazing. Definitely sounds like I missed out. Booka Shade are brilliant live!

my first time. Bit of a grind really and I didn´t expect so many Brits to be there. Still, an awesome festival.

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