Toy – review

XOYO, LondonGiven the desperate state of guitar music in 2012 it's easy – perhaps too easy – to get excited about Brighton's Toy after just two singles. They certainly look the part. Frontman Tom Dougall has the hollow-cheeked features of Jason Pierce in his Spacemen 3 salad days, while his bandmates sprout great gowns of hair so occluding that two spectators are heard to debate, like dads watching Top of the Pops in 1973, how many are women (just the one: keyboardist Alejandra Diez).They pu...

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