Blog: Both bars on

It's hard to say very much about seeing one of your favourite bands for the first time in about fifteen years. You know all the words; even if they start with a series of B-sides you can sing along. Everyone else does the same, even the ones who weren't born when Come On Pilgrim came out. At times, like the first few lines of 'Hey', the Academy sings louder than Frank Black, hits all the notes, gets the timing exactly right. It's powerfully affecting. It's great. But: if they're only playing Doolittle , [...]

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