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Criminally overlooked in this, his native land, Perry Blake is a musical maverick who is keeping pop safe for thinking people.

John Walshe & Hannah Hamilton, 08 Sep 2003

Criminally overlooked in this, his native land, Perry Blake is a musical maverick who is keeping pop safe for thinking people. This mid-paced, string-drenched slice of sensuous melancholia is as catchy an ode to pissed-offness as you will ever set ears on. Daytime radio programmers, please take note!

John Walshe & Hannah Hamilton

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