THE RAZA DOLLS came from Bournemouth, and brought us this four song opus in 1988. Goth drenched post punk that nods as heavily to THE MISSION as to HOUSE OF LOVE and other more commercial versions of the vaguely shoegazing music made by lots of former punks in the late 80s. Quite often, that shit sounds about as good as a monkey playing a banjo through a reverb pedal, but on this rare occasion, THE RAZA DOLLS came up with a lotto jackpot. Obviously it worked out well for them, because you remember them being plastered all over MTV and hearing their songs play while the credits to your favorite romantic comedies scrolled up the screen and they all made heaps of money being in this band that made commercially viable but yet artistically poignant and important music...right? Oh wait, I forgot, there is no justice in the world, and things aren't fair, and Jay Reatard died and he was 29 years old.
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