Blog: Chromewaves

Frank Yang It's far too easy to be cynical about Glasvegas . Emerging from the UK as they did last year on a massive wave of hype with a sound that was unabashedly retro and a matching '50s-greaser gang image, the Glasgow-based quartet were quick targets for those who wanted to dismiss them as contrived and calculated, not that that stopped them from topping the charts and becoming massive at home. For my part, I went from intrigued on first listen to mildly suspicious after spending time with their [...]

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