
Note from Martin: This piece is probably the most personal I've written for the site to date, as it touches on a number of topics that I feel strongly about, as do the band, and we could easily have disagreed on pretty much everything - you'll have to read on to see how it turned out. I even break one of my cardinal reviewing rules - never refer to yourself in the first person - in order to be more specific about the topics that are involved and my take on them. I also apologise in advance - this [...]