World of Twist
Bob Stanley, Melody Maker, 18 August 1990
MOST ENIGMATIC and downright peculiar of the 1990 Manchester shockwave are World Of Twist. All they have in common with their Manc contemporaries is that they write great, foot-shuffling pop songs. Otherwise they are shrouded in mystery.
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