Caught In A Von Trapp! Pizzicato Five
Stephen Dalton, NME, March 1997
PIZZICATO FIVE look like the coolest band on Earth, a stylish visual remix of every trash cultural icon from the past four decades. They are also the biggest noise out of Japan since the Great Hanshin Earthquake — and theyre coming our way.
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