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XTC: Love and Disguise on a Farmboy's Wages

Karen Schlosberg, Musician, June 1984

IF THERE WERE A TRUE NORM for British pop bands, it would be XTC, who reflect where they're from and what they see so accurately as to provide a sort of aural travelog for rural England. Listening to the band's latest album, Mummer, provides the perfect scenario for the country-side as the train pushes on towards Swindon.

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