http://www.getyourmelancholyon.com/2008/08/08/what-could-have-been/ Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.getyourmelancholyon.com/2008/08/08/what-could-have-been/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Kelldicott Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:03:38 +0000 http://www.getyourmelancholyon.com/?p=159#comment-333 Mmmmm...no. Actually, I tried "Heartworm" on multiple occasions over the years, thinking I'd missed something. Nope. While "Twinkle", the song/single that earned some airplay back in the day, is an insanely brilliant bit of tortured Irish postpunk (like Joy Division filtered through the New Model Army aesthetic), the rest of the album was alternately boring and annoying, with lyrics best left on private journal pages. The new U2? No. The new Verve? Not remotely close. The new Coldplay? Well...a tad closer to that lot, but still not up to that level. Sorry, all I ever needed from this band was "Twinkle". Mmmmm…no. Actually, I tried “Heartworm” on multiple occasions over the years, thinking I’d missed something. Nope. While “Twinkle”, the song/single that earned some airplay back in the day, is an insanely brilliant bit of tortured Irish postpunk (like Joy Division filtered through the New Model Army aesthetic), the rest of the album was alternately boring and annoying, with lyrics best left on private journal pages. The new U2? No. The new Verve? Not remotely close. The new Coldplay? Well…a tad closer to that lot, but still not up to that level. Sorry, all I ever needed from this band was “Twinkle”.

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