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THE PIGEON DETECTIVES - Wait For Me
| Guardian |
| If you're wondering whatever happened to the lovelorn pop teens of the 1960s, then wonder no more. It turns out they've been recast as a swooning rock'n'roll five-piece from Yorkshire. Updating the drama-infused trials and tribulations of the likes of the Shangri-Las by stacking their tunes high with unrelenting guitar riffage, shouted blokey harmonies and a barricade of sound that never slips below 11, the Pigeon Detectives look set to follow the Kaiser Chiefs and the Arctic Monkeys to indie domination....full text |
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| LeedsMusicScene |
| The Pigeon Detectives have been waiting to unleash this album on the globe, and rightly so. 'Wait For Me', released on label Dance To The Radio, clearly puts the five-piece on the map as more than just friends of the Kaiser Chiefs. Bubbly guitars, northern sung vocals, and an album full of indie pop, The Pigeon Detectives could have one of 2007's success stories under their belt....full text |
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| NME |
| Some may think Leeds' Pigeon Detectives are a poor man's Cribs. Maybe so, but only in the same way that Arcade Fire are a poor man's Radiohead - either way, you're still on to a winner. Some people also reckon that The Pigeon Detectives' music is dumb. Some people are idiots. If NME made the rules, then making all your songs three minutes long and throwing in a load of handclaps, shouty choruses and amazing melodies would automatically give you an IQ of at least 353....full text |
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