XTC - Homespun: The Apple Venus Volume One Home Demos

Apple Venus Volume 1

The transcendental [B]'Harvest Festival'[/B] manages to make eyes meeting over a table of tinned peaches and digestive biscuits sound as momentous as [B]Brian Molko[/B] being made England manager...

It's an odd equation, but genius and laziness tend to go together. The reputation of Swindon's XTC as one of Britain's most inventive pop groups has been simmering gently due in no small part to the fact that they've done bugger-all for seven years. However, no sooner do they venture out from in front of the TV than they've got two albums ready to release....

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• Jan 18, 1999