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Arriving instantly to widespread music press adulation, the Oxford quartet's very first release perfectly collided aggressive, Sonic Youth-indebted guitar noise with soaring pop melodies. The monumental opening track 'Chelsea Girl' immediately crowned them as massive, rising stars within the burgeoning British independent guitar scene. The incredibly loud, delay-soaked production perfectly established the youthful energy of the earliest shoegaze wave.