My Bloody Valentine: The Clarendon, London
Helen Fitzgerald, Melody Maker, 16 August 1986
MY BLOODY Valentine are young and awkward and dear to the heart, their nervous system centred on Colm's ferocious rhythmic vigour as, embarrassed by having to use the Cannibals' leopardskin-covered drumkit, he stared fixedly at the floor.
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