Are Britain's bands overexposed in a YouTube universe?

Wu Lyf among growing number of UK rock acts unable to bear intense pressure of social media scrutinyLive fast, die young was famously the title of a biography of James Dean. But as a motto, it could apply to a growing number of young British rock bands whose profile soars in the social media age, only for the intense scrutiny to become too much to bear. When Ellery Roberts, the lead singer of the Mancunian "heavy pop" band Wu Lyf, decided to quit the band last week, it was probably fitting that ...

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