Who is Meryl Streek and why are we all talking so much about him, well lets see, an album ‘796’ that last year was probably in the top spot for most peoples album of the year, and if it wasn’t it was most likely only due to the lateness in the year of the release. “Like marmite” is a term I’ve heard said many times about this Dublin wordsmith, but then that seems to be a term the old punk guard brand around about any new music that doesn’t conform to the stereo type of guitar bands and how punk should be seen or heard, Benefits are another of the bands that just don’t do as they are told, and good on them is what I say. Just because you might up your profile a little and get the word out to more people than you might do, doesn’t mean you’re a sell out!, these people work damn hard ...