Soul Asylum: The Thin White Nose-Candy Line
Mark Sinker, NME, 28 May 1988
2005 note: I dont think I ever played one of their records ONCE in all the years since I interviewed them (haha a "sensible Clash" – no wonder!) I have no idea why I wanted to write this. My guess: it was suggested to me, and I said yes on a whim. They were perfectly nice people and we had absolutely nothing in common.
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