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Wire: A Stitch in Time… Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Robin Gibson, Sounds, 4 June 1988

In the oddball world of unlikely pop stars WIRE — where vital organs are won playing bingo — social comment and absurdity walk hand in hand. Putting their latest LP, A Bell Is A Cup... Until It Is Struck, on the operating table, ROBIN GIBSON dissects the dark comedy from their lyrics.

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