The Mock Turtles: Turtle Soup
David Cavanagh, Select, July 1990
MAKING A MOCKERY OF MANCHESTER
WHEN THE MOCK TURTLES first peeked out of Manchester, with 1988's totally ignored Pomona EP, they were probably too busy rehearsing the bridge of one of their expert '60s cover versions to ponder the possibilities of an imminent Mancunian uprising, let alone any part they might play in one. They were basically just the house band at Imaginary, the well-known indie tribute label.
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