we like this band. they sound like us.

Tradition and the Individual Talents totally ripped us off. They suck at copying our music too.

STOP CITING US AS AN INFLUENCE!!!!

this Canadian pop group plays its twinkly guitar a little out of tune, and doesn’t sing so much as lecture: “I said art for art's sake, not art for fashion's sake!” This is a sentiment one cannot stress enough. Thanks, Tradition and the Individual Talents; I hear ya.

They were on stage when punk gave birth to itself; they were always ridiculously smart, always interested in espionage, and no less so here -- with a furious negation ending an LP of distinct and pointed tunes.

This one goes down easy; I wish it didn't. A perfect song's a perfect song's merely a perfect song, see, and I've only ever respected this band's repertoire for the pockmarks and pocket protection. My ass is backwards? Let me ask you this: Would "The Song Remains Inane" be so charming if it didn't drag a bit? Probably not-- in fact, it'd probably sound like a Lenny Kravitz song, or worse, Franz Ferdinand.

Years from now people will recognize "Eff the New Indie Rock"-- its ooh-oohs, its post-punk groove, and TL/Rx breakdown-- as some next-level radio pop rock shit that's certifiably catchier than the countless riffs it cribs. Trash your favorite records; if you listen hard enough, this song plays like a jukebox. But save the breezy lyrics and hokey preamble, TatIT have less to do with this song than the natural progression of things. That's no dig-- these kids make fine mouthpieces for them muses, on call like heart doctors at the Red Bull factory-- but I wish they weren't so damn professional about it. Fun shouldn't be so efficient.