Wasp Star: Apple Venus 2 - Xtc Reviews

As much as I love XTC, I can't bring myself to say, as some have on this site, that they are better than the Beatles. They really aren't! However, their album Wasp Star contains several songs that are truly right up there with those of the Fab Four. The opening track, 'Playground', hangs on a relentlessly repeating guitar riff that is ...  Read the complete review

Oh well, I’m off on holiday so I might as well be controversial (it works for some!) before I go, as I won’t be here to answer any criticism! I’ve only recently got into the Beatles and while I can now appreciate their music and their influence on other bands (including XTC) for me, XTC are quirkier and, quite frankly, write ...  Read the complete review

Who'd have thought it. After many years of making clever muso records, then many years of making no records, XTC return with two albums in a short space of time. The first was Apple Venus vol one and very nice it was if a little flowery and barogue for some tastes, then they bring out Apple Venus Vol two, call it Wasp Star and it is ...  Read the complete review