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  • September 25, 2008
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Avenue

, the mixed message of not indulging in cheesy dance routines but somehow squaring this with a month-long residency at Thorpe Park. 

, a band without a debut single , des­per­ately attempt­ing to escape the fact that it is not 2001.

'The Promise'

A male Girls Aloud. Would a male Girls Aloud — even just boys singing over Girls Aloud tracks work? Well, yes. Over the last week or so a YouTube kid called has been uploading pitched-down Girls Aloud tracks — the end result being Girls Aloud songs with 'male' vocals. 

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km3qRk2NC5M

It's xxx that a shitty YouTube-quality of a xxx some kid knocked up in Audacity is more listen­able thatn 

What have we learned:

1. It is not 2001.
2. 

It hurts us a bit to do this because the xxx, xxx and xxx. But:

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