Au Pairs
Paul Morley, NME, 11 October 1980
"THE TROUBLE with conversations like this," declares Pete, nodding sagely, knitting his eyebrows, as he refers to the complex peculiarities of a pop group who sustain intensely idealistic desires, "is that you can tie yourself up in so many knots you can't see any way out."
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