The Kooks – Always Where I Need To Be
“The first single to be taken from their eagerly awaited new album Konk,” – God, being The Kooks’ PR must be the most soul destroying job in the world. How can someone feign enthusiasm for such a mediocre bunch of preening, pretentious, pisspoor excuses for musicians? “Do do do”? “Don’t don’t don’t” more like.
2.0/10
With the current obsession of trying to create something truly original that progresses the music world beyond the limits of its current forms, it’s refreshing to hear a band going back to the very roots of rock and roll to recreate that golden age in their own unique way.
The likes of Klaxons, Hadouken and Enter Shikari may be doing their very best to mix as many genres and technologies as possible in a vain effort to stand out, but when the result is a few mediocre albums and a whole scene of clueless indie fuckwits 15-year-olds with obnoxious hair and star-covered hoodies, it may be best to just concede that creating anything remotely definitive in music today is an impossible task. And only complete morons will go along for the ride. (more…)
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