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Los Campesinos! First Against Wall In TWAT! (The War Against Twee)

Steven Wells, The Quietus, 18 August 2008

The world stands, yet again, on the brink of the nuclear war, while simultaneously frying, blowing, flooding and burning to a premature end. How do twee band respond? By jumping up and down, shouting "Yay!" and drinking Cherryade. Swells is unimpressed.

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