The Automatic have criticised Kasabian, after the Leicester band said some rude things about the likes of Pete Doherty, Bloc Party and of course, The Automatic themselves. Asked who he hated in the world of pop, keyboardist Pennie said: "Well I'm not going to be as pathetic as Kasabian and slag other bands off... there's just no need for it."
This courteous principle, apparently, only extends to 'bands', presumably consisting mostly of boys, and not to solo girls with hit singles, because he went on to say: "But I have to say that Lily Allen is a bit annoying running round squeaking 'I've got number one, I've got number one!' I don't care who's at number one... she'll only be there a week or so anyway!"