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- ↑ Magazines single thisisfakefiy.co.uk, November 4, 2008
- ↑ The Automatic This Is A Fix review sputnikmusic.com, July 2008
- ↑ the automatic this is a fix interview bbc.co.uk, June 2008
- ↑ The Automatic tell us all about their new album, This Is A Fix, exclusively on Last.fm last.fm, August 2008