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Rob Sheffield

In their heyday, the Pet Shop Boys were the Interpol of the Eighties, dressing up to sing really weird pop songs about lust and loneliness in the big city. They're low-pro now, not retro-worshipped in the manner of Depeche Mode, New Order, or The Cure, bu

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The Pet Shop Boys were once a popular and stylish band known for singing unusual pop songs about complex emotions in urban life, similar to how Interpol is viewed today. Unlike other 80s bands that are now celebrated nostalgically, they have become less polished and are not as widely admired or remembered.

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