“[Britpop] wasn’t Blur or Oasis … it was the NW1 noir of The Auteurs, the overlooked La’s re-tread of Cast. It was Bluetones, Menswear, Powder. You may well laugh — and I’m laughing as I type this — but some of these songs stand up today. That they may have been the one good song each band produced is beside the point.”
The Quietus review of excellent-looking compilation Common People: The Britpop Story.
