So, the end of R.E.M. sent me scurrying down to the sliced tongue vault in search of artifacts from the early days. Here's some of what I dug up.
The earliest review I could find was a quick and complimentary write up of the original Hib-Tone Radio Free Europe single. This appeared in the "America Underground" section of the April, 1982 issue of Trouser Press:
The December, 1982 "Green Circles" column in TP contained a favorable review of Chronic Town:
The same issue also contained a flexi disc of Wolves, Lower, the other side of which featured one of the two good Lords of the New Church singles (Russian Roulette).
I realize that these black flexis don't scan particularly well. Someday soon I'll do a more comprehensive post on the Trouser Press flexis, which came in a rainbow of cool colors beyond basic black...
Finally, here's a Creem profile from October, 1984, just for kicks:
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Thanks, ST. I wanted to do a post on this, but know writing about music isn't my forte (not to say such a post from HKHWR isn't imminent...) Besides, I guess it's better that you wrote about these guys, because, even though I may like them more, you know more about them than I do! :)
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