Album Rating: 3.5

I think it is clear they have a lot of resources behind them, but so what? I haven't seen anything that confirms them as an "industry plant" just that they grew up in money. And they also seemed to have toured a lot building up a large live following in the two years before the debut single.

As for whether their output is of a quality that reflects the advantages they have had, that is a subjective take. Personally, I really like the album, and think maybe 2 or 3 songs are amongst the best things I've heard over the last year, but unfortunately the review doesn't discuss the music, just the politics.

Sinner and Nothing Matters are my standouts.

"Slavor Zizek"

"the defeat of popular leftist cultural movements in the UK and US"

"Where previous global crises saw Britain’s ruling class develop a social conscience"

"The cultural capital of guitar music is now rooted in Nostalgia"

"technically cromulent"

"How else would a movie as patchy and half baked as Saltburn be made"

"But it’s the audible equvilance of the “This is Fine” meme as the world burns, but to it’s audience they don’t care, as long as they’re allowed to be king of the ashes"

Holy shit, D-

"praise be the almighty algorithms"

Praise be!

Album Rating: 2.5

Coming back to this now they are in the news for basically telling people to stop being poor lol

Cant find any news about that.

'Coming back to this now they are in the news for basically telling people to stop being poor lol'

literally what the fuck are you on about?

I mean, perhaps they are on to something… If people stopped being poor, there would be no poverty!

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Well, there is a thing in the UK where people 'opt out' of the system as much as they can - basically don't want to be 'low paid' in a conventional job so go black economy and maybe a bit of opportunistic crime (a lot of people don't actually see shoplifting as proper crime now - needs must and all that, it is rife). We have high tax here and some people don't want to put in, you'll get a lot of healthcare and education for your kids for free whatever your status as a tax payer - though you'll get less state pension if you hang around that long.



It's a conscious choice to not be in the 'losers pile' in the established system and to duck and dive instead and thus be more a winner that way - have more freedom and potentially control...but it is a bit like opting to remain 'poor', effectively.



The pool of tax payers is reducing in the UK for a variety of reasons but that is one.

i know a woman who has been a running a daycare out of her house for most of her adult life

when covid hit and she applied for relief based on her earnings, she was absolutely shafted cos it turned out shed been barely declaring her earnings. she got fuck all and was fucked because she couldnt make any money during covid for obvious reasons

Album Rating: 2.5

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/is-there-a-future-for-bands-why-i-fear-for-rocknroll-by-our-music-critic-958c75mwb

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Mort - true, some people are genuinely ignorant of the system, and a situation like that most of the safety net will miss you as effectively as a worker ‘you don’t exist’.



Anyway, it’s sort of one way people ‘elect to be poor’ - though of course some people could actually be short term cash rich in those scenarios.