Ross Clelland, Journalist

'You’ve probably got an artist who so many people tell you how much you should like them, but you just don’t get it.'

"There was no between-song patter - that contact might somehow break the spell."

"Noel Gallagher would give a thumb to have come up with a song as good as 'Black Umbrella'."

"A recollection of that time when moody literary boys could write songs about moody girls who drove moody French cars."

"...concentrates on the Frenchman's sometimes-questionable dealings with the opposite sex."

"'Heroes' when done right - as here - is a towering thing."

"The xx are going for something slightly more heart-warming..."