You are not the Smiths. You will never be the Smiths. Stop blatantly ripping off good 80s pop music. I mean, really? You couldn’t even change the chord progression OR the key the song was in? Did you seriously think no one would notice that you stole the instrumental to “This Charming Man” and just changed the words? Guess what, fellas. I noticed. And I am not pleased.

It’s sad because the rest of your album is EXACTLY THE SAME. Your attempts to be lyrically clever fall flat. Not even Moz would approve of this fuckery. There is a thin line between paying homage to a band of whom influenced you, and straight up copying. Your entire album reeks of the Smiths, stripped of all the good things that made the Smiths who they are.

I hear that song “Turn Cold” (stupid name if you ask me) every damn morning, and every single time, I think it’s another song. But it’s not. It’s another fucking hipster band ripping off another band that has already made it. Coldplay, I’m looking in your direction.

Kids, go back to New Zealand or wherever the fuck you’re from.

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