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  5483222CD  £6.00

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Island / Universal UK

The Teardrop Explodes

Kilimanjaro

New Wave Post Punk Cope is already a commanding singer and frontman his clever lyrics and strong projection result in a series of confident performances whether his trading lines with himself on the motorik chug of Sleeping Gas or his yelps on Books For all the bad energy between himself and Balfe the two sound like they're grafted at the hip throughout the latter's keyboard washes and staccato melodies adding the fun nervy vibe Dwyer's spoton drumming keeps the pace while both guitarists Finkler and his replacement Gill don't drown the band in feedback to the exclusion of everything else