Kaiser Chiefs keyboardist Nick Baines has been talking to Gigwise about derogatory comments made about his band by the likes of Arctic Monkeys and The View. Baines said: "We are an easy target because nobody ever slags off a small band because you're not going to get noticed by the press are you? Of course, you slag off someone who's doing well because obviously you're being a lot more outrageous in your comments aren't you? You realise that it's all one big game but unfortunately the bands that choose to slag us off are taking it far too seriously. It'd be better if they were writing better songs than us, but they're not so they can shut up."
Adding that he is able to see the funny side of it, he continued: "It doesn't disappoint me. It's not as if I'm hurt or lying awake at night or anything like that you know? It amuses me because it's so transparent, so see-through what they're doing. You're like, 'Well I can see clearly what your doing, I know now that I'm not to believe a word you're saying and we'll get on with what we're doing and you get back to packing shelves in supermarkets again'".