The Darling Buds: Buds-U-Like
Paul Lester, Sky, August 1990
BEHIND THEIR pop outlaw image – which recently earned them a modelling assignment for The Gap – The Darling Buds have a crowd of hardcore fans who jump on stage to hug singer Andrea Lewis. Now back with a new album, Crawdaddy, they dispense with punk pop in favour of a more complex, hard edged sound.
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