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Album Review : Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose

Generally, I try to avoid considerations of age when listening to a record. I've always thought there was something a little perverse about the idea that age somehow helps or hinders the creative process when, technical proficiency aside, a ten-year-old should have just as much to express as a 90-year-old or, indeed, a 20-year-old. Perhaps this is due to my own position as a young musician; I certainly wouldn't appreciate reading a review along the lines of; "Wow, this is great, it's a wonder someone so young managed to create it!" It's patronising, blinkered and disrespectful.

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