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Hood: Outside Closer

Mike Diver, Drowned in Sound, 21 January 2005

FASHION BY ITS VERY NATURE does not sparkle indefinitely — what's hot today will someday flicker and fade to nothingness, at least until revivalists bring the dead scene back to life. Indeed, the faces smiling proudly on the covers of today's music rags would be well advised to flash a glance at the fates of Mclusky and Ikara Colt — you can be a fucking fantastic act and still end up little more than a fond memory in no time at all.

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