Most cack-handed album release of 2008

Bloc Party – Intimacy Post Radiohead, a load of bands tried to ‘…do a Radiohead’ and release an album at ridiculously short notice. The Raconteurs, Bloc Party and Gnarls Barkley (whose ‘Odd Couple’ record is massively underated) all released records to huge indifference. The sentiment is admirable – get music out there as quickly as possible. No one is a fan of the way records are treated as blockbuster films now (the new Lily Allen campai...

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