The Bongos' Postboybeat
Van Gosse, Village Voice, 20 April 1982
MAKING SENSE in words of the Bongos' strange, translucent hardpop dreaminess is like trying to tell a stranger about rock'n'roll, or maybe like trying to tell somebody why you love them.
Total word count of piece: 877
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