J Geils Band: Blow Your Face Out (Atlantic)
Max Bell, NME, 3 July 1976
FOR A BAND who've been as ludicrously misrepresented by their critics as the incomparable J. Geils Brew, Blow Your Face Out must be the best possible way to confront the detractors – a two fingered synopsis of the hottest R & B you're likely to hear from white practitioners. in '76.
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