Lostprophets: Brixton Academy, London
Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 16 February 2010
THE SINGER WEARS A CHANEL WATCH and dates TV presenters, his bandmates have the angular facial planes of male models, and you can bet they look good on the dancefloor. But Pontypridd's Lostprophets should not be judged solely on their catwalk-ready looks, or for having an audience so young that some left early to be up for school the next day (one row of boys in the balcony filed out at 10.30pm). Their prettiness alone hasn't given them two top-three albums: they are actually skilled —balancers of grumpy emo thrashing and pop melodies. They sound like Rage Against the Machine might if they were less angry, and Welsh.
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