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The Libertines: Anthems For Doomed Youth

Jamie Atkins, Record Collector, October 2015

IT’S ASTONISHING to discover that the long-running soap opera, The Libertines, has been mildly piquing the interests of the nation for just two years less than teenage snogfest Hollyoaks and two years longer than the doctors and nurses drama of Holby City. Along the way the two lead characters have been through numerous drug hells and scandals as well as occasionally writing some songs all about it.

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