The Courteeners | Pop review

Brixton Academy, LondonThe Courteeners hit the ground running. The Manchester band's 2008 debut album, St Jude, was a Top 10 hit and won the group a fervently committed fanbase that powered its adrenaline-fuelled songs of doomed provincial love to triumph in the Guardian's inaugural First Album awards. Falcon, the recent follow-up to St Jude, has achieved a similar degree of commercial success and has seen the four-piece sell out the 10,000-capacity Manchester Central venue.The Courteeners conta...

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