Supergrass: Diamond Hoo Ha review

Label Parlophone Release date 24th March 2008 Genre Rock Buy this album Order CD Britpop survivors with an edge reinvent themselves - again If ever we at Virgin Media decided to make a TV series about the mid-Nineties, perhaps about as a hard-nosed detective pitted against a person from our day who's travelled through time, we'd probably call it Alright - as Supergrass's indie disco anthem of the same name is ingrained in the era.... Sadly, while we can't help but love these songs as the product of one of Britain's most enduringly charming outfits, they sound a little flat - whereas before, the band members have led each other through the songs, now the fuzzed-up guitars and vocals dominate everything, leading us to consider that maybe Supergrass are one album away from returning to real greatness.

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