Hurts, Kylie, Royal Palms 'et al': what's happening on the Popjustice Almighty?

1. Hurts. The more we hear of the band's debut album, the more we feel that something very special is happening. The duo's strong visual identity has led to murmurings in some quarters that the band represents 'style over substance', a pathetically narrow minded assumption that says very little about the band's output and rather a lot about a critic's inability to grasp how style and substance need not be mutually exclusive and often - as in the best pop - come hand in hand, perpetually informi...

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