Mothmen: One Black Dot
Adam Sweeting, Melody Maker, 3 April 1982
THERE'S SOMETHING invisible about the Mothmen. Oh yes, they've included a picture of themselves here and their names are all written down for inspection...but the problem is a kind of reticence.
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