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The Battle Royale

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The Battle Royale: Wake Up, Thunderbabe

By Chris Conaton

This synth-soaked pop band splits their new album in half, dropping the synths for acoustic guitars on the latter chunk of the album. It almost works. [31 March 2008]

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