buffyleigh
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It's good britpop I guess? OK to listen too, but not really my cup of tea. For a band of the genre the music is not too pompous and stays pleasant but I won't go back to it.
The disappearance of Richey Edwards in 1994 casts a very long shadow over this album. I get the feeling that the band wanted to turn this up to 11 and throw everything into it, but the result sounds a bit bombastic and, well, preachy at times. It really is very loud and worthy, but the quieter track Small Black Flowers that Grow in the Sky (written by Edwards) shows what the album might have been if he was still present.