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Keane are not fans of "mindless, temporary pop"

  • May 14, 2012
  • Mikey

Fun police Keane have spouted some further thoughts about popular music.

Rebuking the notion of enter­tain­ment and "mindless, temporary pop", LOLigarch Tom mused: "It's more about the enter­tain­ment side of things and less about the music and authen­ti­city. We're living in the Simon Cowell generation."

The disdain for Leona, 1D, Sam Buttery 'et al' didn't end there. "Everyone seems to be a product of a TV show," he went on to NME. "It's made music quite generic, which I find very frustrating."

"It's down to bands like us to buck that trend and fight against the mindless, temporary pop," he declared.

Hasn't this man even HEARD of Aidan Grimshaw?

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