Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics

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  • Circa [Morgan Creek, 1991] C+

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Circa [Morgan Creek, 1991]
Led by matched admirers of Jimi Hendrix and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, anchored by a former Anita Baker road drummer, and spiced by a former Three O'Clock gittar man, their sorta-major sorta-debut is way too all-embracing at 17 songs and umpteen cross-genres, following their sorta-indie demo album and live EP into college-radio nowhere. I don't care whether they're progressive and postmodern and goofy and smarter than the person next to you (but not you). And I also don't care whether they can play their instruments. Because they can't play their influences. C+

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New Wave [1980s]