LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION Dev Hynes, one-time Test Icicle, gets an extreme makeover
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LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION Dev Hynes, one-time Test Icicle, gets an extreme makeover
EW's GRADE
B

Details Release Date: Feb 05, 2008; Lead Performance: Lightspeed Champion; Genres: Folk, Rock

Dev Hynes, former member of London's crash-and-burn punk outfit the Test Icicles, seems to have been turned around by Bright Eyes. On Falling Off the Lavender Bridge, his U.K.-hyped debut as Lightspeed, he borrows Conor Oberst's producer, Mike Mogis, and cribs from his folk-majestic milieu. Alas, Hynes doesn't share Oberst's lyrical precocity: Falling's callow couplets and needless potty mouthing (''Devil Tricks for a Bitch,'' ''All to S---'') can't meet the expectations set by the lovely parade of kitchen-sink instrumentation. B
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Originally posted Feb 08, 2008 Published in issue #978 Feb 15, 2008 Order article reprints

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