Yet ultimately the flaws here are minor, and understandable for a debut album.  Full text...

The Research are all you could want from a homegrown, industry sponsored pop group.  Full text...

The accompanying press release regales a witty and warm biog; so one would expect The Research's debut album to be suitably similar. Thankfully, it is.  Full text...

If anything can dispel the myth that all is happy fluffy bunnies and chocolate-coated bliss in the world of The Research, this record does.  Full text...

It's the cute fringe combed over the exposed skull. It's The Research done good, too little too late.  Full text...

Wakefield's the Research are a youthful trio whose debut album aches with Yorkshire's new-found indie credibility and shows that the area has got a damn sight more chipper in the past 20 years as well.  Full text...

Marrying memorable choruses with fuzzy Casio keyboard riffs they have created a distinctive woozy sound that works as an eminently recognisable backdrop to their tales of love, both lost and gained.  Full text...

When I first heard The Research's "Lonely Hearts Still Beat the Same" earlier this year, I called my broker and liquidated my investments in energy funds, dumped my girlfriend, gave my drugs to my little brother and tossed my goldfish in the gutter.  Full text...

I'm pretty sure I've never heard an album with so many fantastic ideas delivered so poorly.  Full text...