One man, one bedroom, one imaginative musical universe. If only he was more upset about something, Mike TV’s semi-solo project could be the English equivalent of the Eels (though Kill All DJs comes close). We can blame Beck for the marriage of acoustic guitar and quirky beats but why give him grief when the results are so pleasant as to be almost populist. He might have to pay a tithe to Badly Drawn Boy but TV is certainly no beginner. (Terence Dick)
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