Even outside the sphere of "let's all sound like Radiohead" British rock, excellence can breed familiarity, which is why I could swear that I've heard Six By Seven before. 6B7 remind me a lot of Marion, except that they're far grittier than Marion could have ever been. And far louder (which is really saying something). Both bands have that "we're all gonna die in 45 minutes" urgency, the same urgency that cloaked the music of the early Manics, not to mention their strongest album, "The Holy Bible". And the Manics themselves can't come up with titles like "Sawn Off Metallica T-Shirt" and "Eat Junk Become Junk" anymore. 6B7 took the reciprocal (i.e. Joy Division) route of Travis et al: they're sad and they're proving it by striving to be the most white-in-horror, most intense band on earth, rather then the mopiest band on earth. 6B7: the most anguished British band since The Smiths?