I've only heard two songs by the UK group, Kaiser Chiefs but they both suffer from the same disappointing lost potential. The group has a great sound and writes good intriguing verses, but they really suck at choruses, which are so repetitive that they make listening to the whole songs a chore.
Here is Exhibit A of catchy verse, from Oh My God:
And here is Exhibit B: the self-defeating repetitive chorus which makes the song annoying:
Simple choruses are great for singalongs, but surely someone could have come up with ABAB or ABAC rather than AAAA.
The second song of theirs I heard was I Predict A Riot which is a little more palatable:
And the dumb chorus, which at least has some semblance of consequent phrase:
Both songs also employ the jumbly-pitch rising effect, a la Day In the Life:
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