Bongwater: Double Bummer
Richard Gehr, Village Voice, 7 June 1988
MARK KRAMER doesn't simply produce records, he saturates them. Even the quieter moments of such swell yet dissimilar albums as Half Japanese's Music To Strip By, Men & Volts's The Mule, and Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's Bongos Bass & Bob feel like heavy air, give off that certain special eau de K.
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