Cult heroes: Miracle Legion – the band Thom Yorke loved, who could have been REM

Mark Mulcahy’s lyrics cut directly to profound childhood memories, whoch are being revived in a reunion of the band that almost flatlinedEven at the time, in April 1986, I knew it was unnecessary hyperbole on my part when my submitted Melody Maker feature about an emerging quartet from New Haven, Connecticut included the claim, “If all the praise about REM was true, then they’d be Miracle Legion.” I’m glad the line was cut from the published version, because a) a...

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