Gang of Four out-produced today’s chart acts in compulsive pop songwriting.

Evidence

As Savonarola said to me a few weeks ago, Gang of Four were far more effective at turning out compulsive pop songs than almost any of today’s chart acts you could care to name. The same goes double for Early, whose songs are catchy because they refuse to push familiar buttons. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 994

Categorization

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