PLUMBING THE SHALLOWS OF NEW MUSIC

Joe Lean's Jing Jang Jong seems to have lost its gusto - they've pulled their debut album, just before it was supposed to hit the shops, because they don't think it's good enough. Shame NME's 8/10 review this week disagrees with them...

Promo copies had already been sent out, see (we've got one! You can have it - just email competitions@thelipster.com and tell us why you deserve it). NME's review is not online, but will be on the shelves for a whole week. The perils of print!

Here's what they say about the album (8/10):

"a genuinely innovative debut that take a whole tradition of soul and doo-wop and stretches it over the chassis of the latest post-Strokesian thinking in duelling-guitar indie."

You could say that JLATJJJ's manager, however, is offering a more honest take, by telling the band not to release it at all:

"They've grown as musicians, the album was recorded too early in their career. The band have all agreed that's it's the best thing to do."

Which poses the philosophical question - if a band's self-declared shit album falls in a deserted forest, does it still deserve a good review from NME?

*Headline stolen from Bored Of Dictators.

NME: Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong cancel album release