Primal Scream: Primal Solution
Stuart Maconie, NME, 5 August 1989
Indie heroes of yore PRIMAL SCREAM are back, straining at the leash with a harder, greasier, rocking new single 'Ivy, Ivy, Ivy'. STUART MACONIE hears singer BOBBY GILLESPIE slander his indie roots and rave about their new, raw Les Paul driven sound.
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