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Aztec Camera: The Outsider Comes In

Giovanni Dadomo, The Face, December 1983

This has been the year of RODDY FRAME. The leader of Aztec Camera, his songs have delighted critics with their complex, resonant lyrics allied to a disarming musical simplicity. Everybody who's anybody has tipped Roddy Frame, who seems to be bearing up well under the strain. But can an adult songwriter find his niche in a juvenile pop world?

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