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Title: The most underrated NY band!
Review: This lovingly assembled compendium of unreleased audio and never-seen video could not possibly be any better. Mumps were (along with The Fast) one of the most underrated bands of the New York scene in the 1970s. They knew just a few too many chords and their lyrics were just that bit too arch, at a time when irony and musicianship hadn't come back into fashion yet. Taking their influence from Sparks, Roxy Music, and the glam scene, they rose to a level of sophistication which almost guaranteed they would never find their audience in that doctrinaire place and time.Hopefully this reissue will help them find the audience who need to hear them.Kristian Hoffman's commentary on the DVD is delightful. The footage is not first-rate, but the fact that it exists at all is something to be deeply grateful for. This is Lance Loud the way we all loved him and want to remember him.Phenomenal.
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