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The Sugarcubes: First Love Last Rites

Robin Gibson, Sounds, 7 May 1988

The ink fresh on a US record deal, and their debut LP, Life's Too Good, just out, the big money beckons for resolute indie artists THE SUGARCUBES. But, for the moment, they're in humble surrounds providing an insight into the humour, eroticism and childlike logic behind their bittersweet songs. ROBIN GIBSON investigates the Cubes' claim that they're 'musically brainless'. 

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