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UncutTheir scratchily rhythmic guitar music with dour, sardonic vocals has proved immensely influential. [Dec 2006, p.114]
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Rarely has a band created a world-space so monolithic yet provided a listener with so many easy routes to the interior.
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Entertainment WeeklyNeither of the albums they recorded before disbanding made it to the U.S.; thankfully, this long-overdue retrospective includes the choicest cuts from both. [22 Dec 2006, p.83]
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If you have the 2002 LTM reissues, there's no need to obtain the disc; it would be completely redundant. If you don't have them, you'll be getting the vivid gist of a sharp and short-lived band -- one that delivered brief, spastic shards of over-caffeinated post-punk with skittish vocals on the verge of spinning out of control.
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Over twenty years later their music continues to connect.
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Make up for lost time and embrace these wonderful smartypants-es today.
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MojoIt was a scratchy and sassy sound, funky and fun.
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The whole of Entomology should open new ears and eyes to Josef K's thrilling, scraping, clattering greatness.
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New Musical Express (NME)Josef K's candy-striped take on post-punk isolationism sounds both ancient and modern. [18 Nov 2006, p.31]
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However arcane they may once have seemed, the truth is that Entomology's highlights were too good to stay obscure forever.
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UrbAn overdue look into one of Scotland's most underrated bands. [Dec 2006, p.116]
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Disbanded in their prime before they grew stale or flat, they still feel pregnant with promise, tantalizingly unfinished; like an actor cut down in youth, they've remained an irresistible lure to the imagination of pop romantics ever since.
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Paste MagazineFor enthusiasts of the genre it's an indispensable staple and a welcome rediscovery. [Dec 2006, p.102]
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Q Magazine[Curator Paul] Morley's selection is generally spot on, but those who already own 1998's more concise retrospective Endless Love won't need this. [Dec 2006, p.150]
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Spin[Franz Ferdinand's] Alex Kapranos... owes JK crooner Paul Haig a pint. [Dec 2006, p.103]
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JonSDec 31, 2006