The Residents: George & James (Korova)
Barney Hoskyns, NME, 1983
IT WOULD appear that the San Mateo four can't think of a way to end the Mole Trilogy they began in 1981. Instead, they've launched retinas-first into a concept called The American Composers Series.
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