Black Kids :: New Record = Fail, But Results In Revolutionary Record Review Format

Today brings grey skies, an unwelcome chill, and the best record review evah. To be honest, it's not that I don't like Black Kids -- "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You" was as catchy as it was wordy, and they do a better Wish era upbeat Cure than the Cure itself... but we can see how something this purely derivative has something lacking in the shelf life dept. (Speaking of, whatever happened to the Rapture?)

Even before the record came out the backlash began, and the positive press that I had been reading turned about as quickly as a pitbull confronted with a toddler wrapped in steak. Or bacon. In any event, the record just came out, and Pitchfork just reviewed it (today!), and this is what they had to say: