Hurts have the backstory and the image down pat, but the songs just don't stick, says Alexis PetridisAnyone concerned about the veracity of information found on the internet might look long and hard at the case of the Wanky Balls festival. According to a recent feature in the Independent, this was the name under which The Big Chill started life, before understandably rebranding itself. Alas, the Wanky Balls festival existed only in the mind of an online mischief-maker: here was an object lesson...
Guardian Music — Hurts have the backstory and the image down pat, but the songs just don't stick, says Alexis PetridisAnyone concerned about the veracity of information found on the inte... more info