Partridge of XTC said in 2006 that almost every English band that emerges is compared to them , including Franz Ferdinand and the Futureheads .
Musicologist Alex Ogg listed XTC as one of several `` unheralded '' events in the history of post-punk , while Eric Klinger of PopMatters posited : `` You might not hear of bands talking about XTC as a big influence the way they talk about , say , Gang of Four , but they were certainly in the mix that became the music that was to come .
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