The death of the difficult second album?

Rumours of the demise of indie bands are greatly exaggerated. The Horrors and the Maccabees have made two of the best records of 2009. Who next? Jack Penate? Er ... yes, him too!At the end of 2008, a number of critics – myself included – looked back on a year in which the indie band had died a slow and not particularly tuneful death. Next year, we confidently predicted, the future would consist of synths rather than skinny trousers, with a resurgence in pop, electronica and ridicul...

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