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For a review of our last two albums go to Green Man Review. If the link is no longer active, here is an extract from their page:
"Of the groups reviewed thus far, Kick Shins is, to me ear, the most English sounding. Even with the French and other European influences, they sound like the band on the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album -- You just know these blokes are English born and bred. And this is definitely a good sized band -- guitars, banjolins, hammered dulcimers, concertinas, harmonicas, fiddles, pianos, melodeons, and so forth are all part of the instrumental stew here. Both Dkyk Shynski and Lunch with Sweeney Todd are 'tasty' albums well-worth you picking up for your own listening pleasure!"
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