Cornershop: Popkomm, Cologne
John Robb, Bizarre, 1997
AFTER BEING ALL at sea, playing a shambolic punk rock lo fi rush that never seemed to suit them (and I should know I fell out with them attempting to produce them), Cornershop have gone for a full overhaul and come up with a fusion that is far more honest.
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