So, Simon Sweet­man’s live review of Fat Freddy’s Drop (he really, really did­n’t like them) seems to have touched a nerve amongst some in the Wel­ling­ton music scene. A few (actu­ally, quite a lot) have come out in sup­port of Sweet­man – says Josef…

the per­fect music for the iPod gen­er­a­tion who would­n’t know good music if it bit them in the ass.

And Hugh…

Thank good­ness someone has seen the ele­phant in the room and had the cour­age to say it like it is. FFD as indi­vidu­als may be tal­en­ted, but the group sound is noise and inut­ter­ably bor­ing. And the inces­sent chirp­ing about how good they are is the ulti­mate sad­ness. Well done Simon

But, like­wise, the FFD sup­port­ers are also out in force. From a guy called guy…

Your douch­ery has no lim­its. FFD are awe­some. Regard­less of what you think. You.. not sur­pris­ingly are not.

And Seb says…

How about real­ising the suc­cess they have had. They must be doing some­thing right for them to do as well as they have. You just have poor taste in music.

So, what do you think? The Drop, hot or not?

[Updated – the poll, which was­n’t work­ing for some users yes­ter­day, should be ok now. Vote away…]