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Neils Children, a badly-punctuated name that has graced the bottom of those enormous gig-listing posters at respective Barflys around the country since 1999, look likely to do none of those things. Looking like The Horrors' embarrassing older brothers, the band have always fought allegations of being style over substance – and this, their first offering from new album 'Pop:Aural' does little to dispel these thoughts – a pretty mundane Nu-Goth racket with some distant Robert Smith-eque lyrics chucked In for good measure. There are a few good moments here - a Joy Division bassline and a nice little chorus that sounds a bit like The Coral – but hackneyed lyrics about "I tried to make life worth living/ but you didn't care" ruin any of the band's intentions. Most bands would have given up by now, and you have to admire Neils Children's perseverance, but really, we are the ones who don't care anymore.
Released 11/06/07 on 30:30 Records
