Dinosaur Pile-Up: Growing Pains | CD review

(Friends Vs Records)Matt Bigland, the singer-guitarist of Dinosaur Pile-Up, wears his influences on his sleeve. "I didn't have a dad," he told Film&Music last year, "so I listened to Dave Grohl." Now, two years or so after they were first mentioned in dispatches from Yorkshire, Dinosaur Pile-Up's first album has arrived, and it's evident Bigland is still seeking solace in Grohl's work. Growing Pains is part Nirvana with the confrontation dialled down, part Foo Fighters with the punkishness turne...

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