The Pop Group, Scritti Politti: University Of London
Nick Kent, NME, 24 November 1979
THE TRADITION of the angry young idealist, full of righteous fervour, self-righteous condescension towards those at odds with his or her volatile beliefs, and a mass of confused rhetoric and contradictions, goes on forever.
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