British bands have been strip-mining ’70s post-punk and ’80s synth-pop for years. Working for a Nuclear Free City delivers another entry in a long line of retro rewrites, using the Madchester sound of the Stone Roses and similar early ’90s groups as a starting point. Though that brand of pill-popping post-rave rock is easy to mock, the only thing funny about WFANFC is its name. «Troubled Son» rides a funky bass line through a chamber of читать дальше...
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