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@I_Skream from Twitter wrote: Paul Lester from the guardian = loser

hate to admit it but i agree. magnetic man are quickly becoming over-average considering the ammount of talent we all know they have altogether.

CollisionCourse wrote:hate to admit it but i agree. magnetic man are quickly becoming over-average considering the ammount of talent we all know they have altogether.

Tbh considering you've heard 1 track from the album I don't think u can really say that

Apparently I Need Air is 'poppy drum'n'bass.'

ORLY

lol what a mug

unlike, say, Suede – who, before their first single, were emblazoned across the front of Melody Maker and hailed The Best New Band In Britain – Magnetic Man have some previous.

GOOD WORK PAUL LESTER. NOT THE KIND OF WRITING YOU'D EXPECT FROM A "MAINSTREAM JOURNALIST."

nah im just playing... still psyched for the album as well... ill be sure to shelve it next to katy perry

I think im going too reserve judgement until i actually hear the album,then ill decide if i like it or not

Either way 'i need air' has sent shivers down my back everyday ive listened too it since i first heard it,saw them at glastonbury festival (Shame about crowd size) and i was taken too another place with that tune,the visuals and 'box' thing they play in was just excellent,well done guys,not just on the music,but on the whole 'package'

Just my opinion,not saying anyone else should think tha same

Big ups DSF

im sure the album will be great, 3 renowned heads are going to make some sick new stuff there's no doubt about it, nothing wrong with adding vocals and such, breakage can do it.
just make more tunes like blipstream skream

I like I need air,and mad was stuck in my head for 3 weeks...so I guess I'll like the album?! hahah

Haven't been too impressed with "I Need Air" but need to give full album a listen till i pass full judgment. Don't fully agree with Guardian journo, but after all it is just an opinion. Music is subjective after all.

who the fuck does this paul lester guy think he is

trapeez wrote:Apparently I Need Air is 'poppy drum'n'bass.'

ORLY

yeah exactly...

Paul Lester clearly ain't got a clue what he's talking about...

big up Skream, Benga & Artwork...i've seen their live show a couple times now and it is DOPE...the lights, the visuals, the ableton work, the whole look of the 3 of them on stage with their laptops...i just love the overall package...oh and i love their new logo aswell...haha...

i thought 'Mad' was pretty good...

'I Need Air' is ok in my opinion...decent pop tune...should hopefully do well...i can see it getting plenty of radio play etc etc...

fair play to them...they have all done alot for the underground over the years (and will most probably continue to do so...) and therefore deserve some mainstream success if they want it...

skream wrote:

CollisionCourse wrote:hate to admit it but i agree. magnetic man are quickly becoming over-average considering the ammount of talent we all know they have altogether.

Tbh considering you've heard 1 track from the album I don't think u can really say that

ZING!

i wasnt on about the album, i was on about magnetic man in general. just my opinion anyway dont sue me

i've never understood reviews. i've never trusted them either. whats to say that just cos some bald guy doesn't like something it means i won't either... it's all just words to me

alextheswede wrote:it's all just words to me

This. The music can speak for itself.

Music reviews...... why bother

swiftguyver wrote:

trapeez wrote:Apparently I Need Air is 'poppy drum'n'bass.'

ORLY

yeah exactly...

Paul Lester clearly ain't got a clue what he's talking about...

big up Skream, Benga & Artwork...i've seen their live show a couple times now and it is DOPE...the lights, the visuals, the ableton work, the whole look of the 3 of them on stage with their laptops...i just love the overall package...oh and i love their new logo aswell...haha...

i thought 'Mad' was pretty good...

'I Need Air' is ok in my opinion...decent pop tune...should hopefully do well...i can see it getting plenty of radio play etc etc...

fair play to them...they have all done alot for the underground over the years (and will most probably continue to do so...) and therefore deserve some mainstream success if they want it...

Perfect Stranger also features a female vocalist, a young singer called Katy B, and here the skittering rhythm recalls nothing so much as 1992 chart-rave favourite Let Me Be Your Fantasy by Baby D (you know, the girl from Over the Rainbow's mum).

trying to say that as if this was/is a shit tune = fucking nob

jesus. That review is the result of a sloppy hack.

1 drum and bass?
2 The track was called empire state of mind
3 spends 20% of the "review" fantasising about something that is not even happening. "We can also see the appeal of a Magnetic Man album arranged like a dubstep version of BEF's 1982 project"

Where is the review of the review?

Fair enough if you dont like the song or the direction that Magnetic Man went with on this one but for fuck sake at least write about it in a professional way. Its what you are paid to do.