Red
Elbow ‘Red’ [V2] More dreary overhyped pseudo-sensitive ‘I love Jeff Buckley’ rubbish from the worst named Manchester band since The New Fast Automatic Daffodils.
Eamon Sweeney, 26 Apr 2001
Elbow
‘Red’ [V2]
More dreary overhyped pseudo-sensitive ‘I
love Jeff Buckley’ rubbish from the worst
named Manchester band since The New Fast Automatic Daffodils. The omnipresence of
strings on this week’s singles is grating very
heavily, not to mention the horrible OTT
melodrama that has graced far too many
records. These people don’t know their art from their elbow.
Eamon Sweeney
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