Various Cruelties – review

Deaf Institute, ManchesterNew guitar bands ready to hurl themselves from cliffs amid the gloom about the future of their chosen music should remember that a Decca executive told the Beatles "guitar bands are on the way out" as long ago as 1962. It's tough out there, but not impossible, and Various Cruelties are among the new bands entrusted to put guitar pop back on the radio and thus on the map. A four-piece, multicultural lineup – led by a mod, Liam O' Donnell, and with a black rhythm se...

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