THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY (Day 19) : TRAPPED AND UNWRAPPED (1)

I like my pop music shiny. Yes, there is a place in my heart for the distorted bliss of MBV, the sweaty drip of old blues guitar, and the way Mogwai suddenly go VERY LOUD. Heck, I think I even prefer Bandwagonesque to Grand Prix. But when it comes to POP I like a bit of polish. To me, ABC’s The Lexicon of Love was a seminal work, as central to the canon as Revolver, and I’m probably one of the few people who thought the Altered Images 12” Dance Re-Mixes were an improvement fr...

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