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They call themselves “one of the finest 3 piece instrumental bands on the face of the earth” and they aren’t completely instrumental. “Fan Letter” contains a sample of a woman talking in a Southern drawl. It’s a spoken word letter to an author I suppose, telling him about her banal little life, her kids, her job, marmalade etc. she is gradually swallowed up by the guitars and her banal little voice ends up drowning in a sea of jagged-edged menacing guitars.

On the other hand second track "Feckless Repose" begins softly. Guitars are played in the style of Mogwai’s quiet bits which is all very lovely, three minutes in the song stops and starts up again with a sample from what seems to be a prayer meeting, which gets progressively louder: “Pray for the peace of the people of North America. We pray for the peace of the people of Europe” etc etc. For some reason it reminds me of Baz Luhrman’s Always Wear Sunscreen. The music fades until all that is left is a male voice intoning the reasons why peace is marvellous. Now if only politicians would listen to that.

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