THE GOLDEN VIRGINS
Songs of Praise
XL
· Personality crisis.
The Golden Virgins don't know who they want to be. Gripping strands from Mercury Rev one minute, then Ash-like punk-pop the next, Songs of Praise is a mess from start to finish.
When the focus stays on the songs rather than the radio, the results are nice enough – the sombre "Light in Her Window" just avoids sounding like new wank Brit-faves Keane while "I Don't Want No-One But You" gets bonus points for xylophone and candy-sweetness.
Still, it's hard to shake the feeling that The Golden Virgins are little more than a bar band who've got ahead of themselves.
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