The Fountains of Wayne: Mojo Rising
Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, May 1997
CHRIS COLLINGWOOD and Adam Schlesinger have waited a long time to see their pure-pop/power-pop dreams realised. The duo were penning addictively hummable songs as long as ten years ago, but had to bide their time through the grunge era before anyone would give them a chance.
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