Video: Buzzcocks, ‘It’s Not You’

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If you didn’t know the source, the chorus of “It’s Not You” might be something overheard in a practice space in Echo Park where some kids are working on their next cassette. It’s the Buzzcocks (est. 1976), now doing business in the lineup of long-timers Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle with 2008 additions Chris Remington and Danny Farrant. And, yes, the pop-punk progenitors still sound as disaffected as you. The quartet’s new album “The Way” comes out Nov. 18 via 1-2-3-4 Go! Records; it’s the quartet’s first release since 2006 and ninth album overall and comes a full 35 years after their Absolutely Mandatory “Singles Going Steady.” Shelley and Diggle are 59 and they start the album with a rager titled “Keep on Believing.” Couldn’t agree more.

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