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| Rolling Stone : Straitjacket Fits: Melt : Music Reviews |
 | | Bands with funny names like the Clean, the Chills, Tall Dwarfs, Bailter Space and the Bird Nest Roys have made and still make some of the freshest, most raggedy indie pop music ever, nearly all of it released by the famed Flying Nun label. |
 | | Partly because of their often incestuous family ties, New Zealand groups share a genius for strong, simple melodies and organic crunch, and Dunedin's Straitjacket Fits carry on the tradition, adding their own, more rarefied pop sense. |
 | | After stoking fires with their previous record, Hail, and their even more transcendent live shows, their major-label debut, Melt, has them poised to become one of the most visible kiwi bands to hit these shores. |
| www.rollingstone.com /artists/straitjacketfits/albums/album/241157/review/5946161/melt (468 words) |
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