Robyn Hitchcock: Groovy Decay (Albion)
Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 17 April 1982
WITH THIS new label and second album Robyn Hitchcock looks to be attempting a runner from the substitute Syd Barrett image previously imposed on him by his vocal phrasing, and hack fans thereof.
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