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Born Ruffians

Born Ruffians

Born Ruffians

Hummingbird

Finally, a resolution for that secret minority who find Clap Your Hands Say Yeah “head-scratching” or Vampire Weekend “too out there”: Toronto’s Born Ruffians. Rim-shot rhythms and barber-shop harmonies buzz like slaloming bumble-bees on the best thing Hot Club De Paris have never written. It also appears on an ad for a Globe-munching telecoms ogre. But don’t hate them for that, we’ve all got to pay the broadband bill.
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kingsy 

Jul 4, 2008

I love the song so much, but he has such a girly voice!!!it ent rite

Jameswalters1234 

Jul 11, 2008

This song is like obviously really cool because it's on an advert

funkyjim12 

Jul 28, 2008

it doesnt matter if hes got a girly voice the whole album is amazing

bgoulter 

Sep 16, 2008

I first listened to the album in it's entirety when i was revising for my a-levels. I was blown away, simply stunning, got me straight As!

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