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Over in Great Britain, Melody Maker called them "a rare discovery" describing them as "preposterous, stroppy, ugly, damn near ecstatic" and imploring their British readers to "bring them over here and we'll have a ball which won't bounce straight."

That is one bizarre description of the Hip. I've never heard the word "stroppy" before so I looked it up and it turns out it's a word used chiefly by the British meaning "Angry and unpleasant, easily offended and annoyed". I have no idea what the basis for including that word in the description would be, and in the end I can't really tell if the reviewer loves them or hates them (I'm leaning towards the latter). However, it is true that they are a "ball which won't bounce straight" and that's one of the many things I love about the band. The band has never moved in straight lines in its career.