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THE PIGEON DETECTIVES: EMERGENCY

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Comparing the Detectives to The Buzzcocks has become boring

Thursday May 22,2008

A few tracks in and lead singer Matt Bowman’s girlfriend angst starts to blur into one long undifferentiated sob.

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The song titles sound like teenage love spats outside Leeds pubs – I’m Not Gonna Take This or Say It Like You
Mean It – which could well be their origin.

Comparing the Detectives to The Buzzcocks has become boring, especially as the young lyricist is no Pete
Shelly and probably doesn’t want to be.

OUR VERDICT: 3/5
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