don't think this lot got any coverage in Melody Maker either, or if they did it was before my time
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite
but then they turned into Underworld
who had their moments
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God, I'd totally forgotten about that one. I believe that tune got some limited traction on the U.S. side of the water at the time. The attention they received running concurrent with that of early Shriekback (the records all being bought by the same people). I'd forgotten about the Underworld connex, tho'.
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