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Moneen: The World I Want to Leave Behind (Capsule Reviews)

Sep 22, 2009, 1:58am PopMatters
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Toronto quartet continues to write whiny high-school journal entries on this generic pop release. When Moneen's Kenny Bridges belts out, "You gotta be strong / You gotta believe in your own way" on its latest release, The World I Want to Leave Behind, one can't help but wonder: What the hell is he talking about? After all, everything on his band's fourth full-length release has been heard before from a laundry list of bands over the past 15 years that includes such weepy fellows as the Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, Good Charlotte, and Sense Field. That's not [...]
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