Ha, yeah that review came across as fairly bitter or something. It's terribly written aswell, you'd wonder how much music some reviewers listen too. They're clearly not poor musicians, there's a definite style there and, 'borrowed surf-rock influences of the Beach Boys'.. yawn. Siobhan Maguire can stick her lazy, clichéd writing up her hole. I think the production is a nice fit with the tunes, which I quite like. Might head in tomorrow.
Sounds like someone has a vendetta against this journalist. Giving out about someone's writing by calling it clichéd, how obvious!
Having said that
Think drizzly Dublin rather than sun-drenched California
I read this as a good thing. I'd prefer my Dublin bands to sound like they're from Dublin thanks.