King Adora
Big Isn't Beautiful(Superior Quality)
King Adora's Matt Browne states that this is a song about anorexia from a male perspective but, laudable intentions aside, after a couple of minutes of these standard-issue, pirouetting grunge chords, Browne's self-dramatising vocals ("I want to feel my bones against your bones/I am a teenage drama queen"), only the most soft-hearted wouldn't feel the urge to shove a pork pie in his mouth.
Reviewed by Squire David Stubbs, up from the country for the day to check out the doings of the young people
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