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Manchild Feat Kelly Jones


The Clichés Are True (OLI)



Ah, the collaborative effort. Really, the success of techno-pop duo
Manchild's most shamelessly chart-hugging moment to date depends entirely
on what you think of professional Welshman Kelly Jones. Is he the
doe-eyed, gravel-voiced, blue-collar bard of everyman, fit to inherit the
rough-shaven, broad-shouldered mantle of Brooce Springsteen? Or a
flag-waving, fascistic Valleys-inbred, fanning the flames of anti-English
sentiment with those skin-crawlingly hirsute caterpillar eyebrows? Anyway, Jones
prangs his guitar, the front 12 rows turn into an ocean of greasy mullets, and
Manchild kick up a perky techno fuss in the background. Our man Van
Helden might be killing puritans, but on 'Clichés...',
Manchild are showing them the error of their ways.



Louis Pattison

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