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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
I sort of like them.
First time I heard them I was expecting a little more to be honest.
They strike me as a little bit style over substance.
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I'm not quite sure what you mean but if they were so, I don't think they would have unanimously quit after 3 years, they got a reasonable amount of attention at the time. The Manics however are a different story... but that should probably be left to a Manics discussion thread.
I like them, musically they were patchy after the first album and their early EPs which got alot of press attention; but the song above for example highlights a superficially tolerant liberal attitude which is discovered to be an intolerant one when tested. I included it because this is everywhere today in the form of over-eager political correctness. I don't see what's style over substance about them, it's honest pop music with honest lyrics.
It would be difficult to enjoy McCarthy if you were a tory however, it's lefty music with balls which is very far and few between.