In the mid-Eighties, Boston’s plaid-shirt romantics Buffalo Tom tried to cross the hardcore rush of Hüsker Dü with the parking-lot pot haze of the Seventies bands their elder brothers grew up on, and sadly the awkward frisson this ungainly pairing produced has been resolved, perhaps a little too politely, since the trio returned from a decade’s hiatus.
Front-man Bill Janovitz is now a middle aged estate agent, so Buffalo Tom’s latest album of surging semi-acoustic balladry is hardly a matter of life or death. Nevertheless, as those suspended folk rock chords tumble over tales of everyday trauma, you might still find you’re still smitten.
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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John Robins, Comedian
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Stuart, Chortle
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Brighton Argus
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk